1. Vocabulary- Respiratory System

2. Pharynx
The back of your throat (behind the dangly uvula); pathway for both breathing and eating
Can you swallow and breathe at the same time?
Flap covers trachea when swallowing so that food
doesn’t go in the lungs

3. Larynx
The area of the throat the contains the vocal cords and produces
vocal sounds

4. Trachea The tube that connects the larynx to the lungs
Your “wind pipe”

5. Bronchus One of the two tubes that connect the lungs with the trachea
Function: carries air to the left and right lungs

6. Alveoli
Any of the tiny air sacs of the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged

7. Your Upper Respiratory Tract…