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These respiratory system bingo cards contain 33 terms covering anatomy, physiology, and pathology for students in Grades 11–12 and higher education. The word list includes structures like the trachea and alveoli, processes such as pulmonary and cellular respiration, and conditions like asthma and pneumonia. Use them for anatomy and physiology review, test preparation, or as an editable template for similar medical or health-science units.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Anatomy
Grade Level:
11th Grade – College
Updated February 2025

Word List

  • Air-conditioning chambers of the body
  • Ridged projections in the walls of the nasal cavity
  • Sense of smell
  • Lighten the skull & act as a resonance chamber for sound
  • Largest sinus in the body
  • extends from the nasal cavity to the larynx; also known as the throat
  • Connects the pharynx to the trachea; also known as the voice box
  • Referred to as the guardian of the airways
  • Connects the larynx to the bronchi; also called the windpipe
  • Lead from the trachea to the left and right lung respectively
  • Primary gas exchange structures of the respiratory tract
  • Alveolar epithelium, the basement membrane, and the capillary endothelium
  • Assist in gas exchange by stabilizing the alveolus and reduce surface tension
  • Primary organs of gas exchange
  • Also known as the respiratory cycle
  • Average respiration rate of an adult at rest
  • Nerve that innervates inhalation
  • Determining factor in how long a person can hold their breath
  • Voluntary breathing
  • Process of moving air into the lungs
  • The ease in which the thorax and lungs are able to stretch during inhalation
  • Process of expelling air from the lungs
  • The process that supplies body cells with oxygen and expels carbon dioxide
  • Gas exchange between the air in the alveoli and blood in the capillaries
  • Gas exchange between the blood in the capillaries and body cells within the tissues
  • Bronchospasms that cause breathing difficulties in susceptible persons
  • Inflammation of the bronchial mucosa with resultant swelling and hypersecretion of mucus
  • Acute inflammation of the upper respiratory tract mucosa
  • Involves permanent enlargement of lower airways accompanied by destruction of the alveolar walls
  • General term used to describe used to describe any hypersensitivity of the nasal mucosa to allergens
  • Acute, highly contagious viral infection of the upper respiratory tract
  • Most common infectious cause of death in the United States
  • Acute or chronic inflammation of the mucosa that lines the paranasal sinuses

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