esophagus		Voice box
Chronicobstructivepulmonarydisease		When we breathe out, the ______________ moves upward, forcing the chest cavity to get smaller and pushing the gases in the lungs up and out of the nose and mouth.
Asthma		short tube contains a pair of _____________, which vibrate to make sounds.
epiglottis		oxygen gets picked up by a molecule called ____________
diaphragm		bronchi is known as the ______________
diffusion		inflammation of the lungs, which usually occurs because of infection with a bacteria or virus.
thorax		lung disease in which the lung is damaged, making it hard to breathe.
Cysticfibrosis		long-term, inflammatory lung disease that causes airways to tighten and narrow
pleura		process called ____________, oxygen moves from the alveoli to the blood through the capillaries (tiny blood vessels) that line the alveolar walls.
bronchioles		Bronchioles, which are as thin as a strand of hair, end in tiny air sacs called _________________
larynx		membranes lining the larger bronchial tubes become inflamed and an excessive amount of mucus is produced.
pharynx		At its bottom end, the trachea divides into left and right air tubes called ___________________
Pneumonia		The two openings of the airway (the nasal cavity and the mouth) meet at the _________
trachea		small flap of tissue, covers the air-only passage when we swallow, keeping food and liquid from going into our lungs.
Bronchitis		Within the lungs, the bronchi branch into smaller bronchi and even smaller tubes called _____________
vocalcords		airtight box that houses the bronchial tree, lungs, heart, and other structures.
bronchi		lungs also contain elastic tissues that allow them to inflate
hemoglobin		inherited disease affecting the lungs.
alveoli		Tiny hairs called _____ protect the nasal passageways and other parts of the respiratory tract
Commoncold		over 200 different viruses that cause inflammation in the upper respiratory tract.
cilia		windpipe
bronchialtree		passageway is for food, the _______________, which leads to the stomach