The Lungs

Cards (13)

  • What is the top part of your body where your lungs are called?
    The thorax
  • What muscle separates the higher and lower parts of the body?
    The diaphragm
  • What structure protects the lungs?
    The ribcage
  • What is the tube which carries air from the nose and mouth to the lungs?
    The trachea
  • What two tubes does the trachea split into?
    The bronchi or bronchus singular
  • What is the name of the layer which surrounds the lungs?
    The pleural membrane
  • What smaller tubes do the bronchi split into?
    Bronchioles
  • What small bags do bronchioles end in?
    Alveoli
  • Where does gas exchange take place in the lungs?
    In the alveoli
  • What is the name of the muscles between the ribs?
    Intercostal muscles
  • What small veins surround the alveoli?
    Capillaries
  • What gas do the capillaries bring to the lungs?
    Carbon dioxide
  • Which gas diffuses into the blood from the alveoli?
    Oxygen