The Respiratory System

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
i r a t o r y
Pertaining to ___
2.
o g n s
A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function (plural)
3.
l u n
Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates (plural)
4.
i n e t i n
The invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead
5.
m t h
The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
6.
s m o
A hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
7.
n o s
The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract
8.
e a l t y
In good shape and not sick
9.
t h o a
The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's ___
10.
e a t i n g
The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation
11.
n d p i p
Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi
12.
c h s
The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other
13.
d i a p h
14.
x y e n
Gas in the air that we need to breathe