The Respiratory System

3. The larynx enables this function of the respiratory system. It allows you to make ____________.
6. This type of respiration occurs in the cells. It turns oxygen and glucose into ATP.
9. Respiration that occurs between the pulmonary capillaries and the alveoli
12. The space between the lungs where the heart lies.
13. The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
15. This lung is smaller than the other because of where the heart lies.
16. The mechanics of moving air in and out of the lungs
17. When volume decreases, air pressure _______________________.

1. Smaller tubes branching off from the bronchi.
2. The part in the lungs where the exchange of gases occurs.
4. Where vocal cords are located. Its found between the pharynx and trachea.
5. The gas you exhale as a waste product of cellular respiration.
7. Breathing out is called _______________________.
8. The respiratory system enables this sense.
9. This flap of tissue covers the trachea when you swallow to prevent food and liquid from entering your respiratory tract.
10. The tube, held open by rings of cartilage, through which air passes from the mouth toward the bronchi.
11. Breathing in is called _________________________.
14. The technical name for the throat.
17. Respiration that occurs between the systemic capillaries and cells.