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Respiratory system flashcards with terms like lungs, trachea, and diaphragm for Grade 4 health.
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This 18-card flashcard set covers respiratory system anatomy and function for fourth graders. It includes key terms like trachea, bronchi, diaphragm, and alveoli, plus vocabulary about breathing, oxygen exchange, and respiratory health. Use it for health or science vocabulary review, as a study aid for chapter assessments, or as a general anatomy reference during a unit on the human body systems.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Anatomy
Grade Level:
4th Grade
Updated February 2025

Terms in This Set

  • The process of breathing
  • the waste gas that you breathe out
  • another name for vitamin D
  • the moist lining of your nasal passage
  • four pairs of cavities in the front of your skull
  • tiny hairlike forms in the nasal passageways
  • located in the back of the nasal passage
  • throat
  • windpipe
  • voice box
  • the two branches that the trachea divides into
  • the many tubes that the bronchi divide into
  • the smallest tubes at the end of the bronchial tubes
  • the tiny air sacs that expand like tiny balloons
  • a flat sheet of skeletal muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity
  • the major purpose of the respiratory system
  • the worst disease that is caused by smoking
  • exercises that help your lungs to use more air with less effort

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