THINKING CONNECTIONS: Life Science Book B Human Biology

Concept Map: Respiratory System Name

Date Period
Directions: Select words from the word list and fill in the
blank map items. Use each word only once, and use all the
words on the list.
WORD LIST
air
blood
OXYGEN bronchial tubes
helps with burning of food
contained in
cartilage
enters the body
through cells
heart
larynx
occurs warms mouth lungs
releases in
muscle
leads to leads to nose
energy pharynx
trachea
used by
leads to

also
called
leads to

leads to voice box pulmonary

vein

held open by
rings of goes into
splits into carbon dioxide

removed by gives up

branch into
lead to enters
changes
pressure
in
contain
action of breathing give
controlled by air sacs oxygen to

diaphragm
beneath

is a

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THINKING CONNECTIONS: Life Science Book B Human Biology

Concept Map: Respiratory System Name

Date Period
Directions: Select words from the word list and fill in the
blank map items. Use each word only once, and use all the
words on the list. Write the letter of each label on the dia-
gram in the box with its corresponding name.
C
A
D
OXYGEN
E
helps with
contained in B
enters the body
through
F

occurs warms
releases in
heart
leads to leads to

energy leads to

pharynx
used by
leads to

also
called goes into
covered by

leads to blood

gives up
WORD LIST held open by
rings of
air splits into
alveoli
bronchi removed by deliver
burning of food branch into oxygen to
carbon dioxide lead to enters
cartilage changes
pressure
cells in
diaphragm contain
epiglottis action of breathing
larynx controlled by
lungs
mouth beneath are tiny thin-walled
nose
is a
pulmonary vein
sacs
trachea
voice box muscle

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