What is the respiratory system?

What is the main function of the respiratory system?

We inhale ____________ and we exhale __________________

Why do we have to breathe?

The nose helps to __________________ by using hair and mucus

Another name for the trachea is the ___________________

Oxygen travels down the ______________ into the lungs

The trachea is lined with tiny hairs called ______________ that help move trapped mucus and dirt

Lungs look __________ and ___________ from the outside

Below the surface of the lungs there are thousands of pathways that air moves through. These are called _____________________

The trachea divides into two ____________________

At the end of each bronchiole are clumps of air saacs called__________

________________ is held in the alveoli

The ________________________ is directly under the lungs. This muscle helps the lungs inhale and exhale air.

The ________________ are part of the skeletal system and protect the lungs

This is a common respiratory system disease:

The nervous system is your body's ________________________

These are the main organs of the nervous system:

The brain sends and receives ____________________ from and to the other parts of the body

The brain is like a _____________________ for the body

The ________________ runs from your brain down your back

There are 100 billion ________________ in your brain

These neurons take information from the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin to the brain.

_________________ carry messages away from the brain and back to the body.

When you learn new things, the brain creates ____________________ between the neurons.

The nervous system is divided into the __________________ and the ____________________________

The ____________________ includes the brain and the spinal cord

The ____________________ includes the nerves in the rest of the body

The peripheral nervous system is divided into:

The autonomic nervous system is responsible for:

The somatic nervous system is responsible for: