| A | B |
| *trachea | wind pipe, leads to lungs |
| larynx | voice box, contains vocal cords |
| *pleura | thin, smooth lining of the lung |
| bronchi | "branches" within the lung |
| alveoli | air sacks at end of bronchi in lung |
| diaphram | breathing muscle |
| *asthma | sensitivity to something which makes muscles in breathing tubes contract and narros |
| bronchitis | infection on the inside lining of the bronchi |
| emphysema | small air sacs in lungs become damaged and don't work properly |
| sinuses | air filled spaces in the bones of the head connected to the nose passage |
| pneumonia | a lung infection caused by germs causing the small air sacs to fill up with fluid and mucus |
| tuberculosis | bacterial disease which damages the lungs |
| *pulmonologist | specialist in the respiratory system |
| *bronchoscopy | procedure in which fiber-optic tube in passed from nose into lungs to examine bronchial tubes |
| pulmonary function test | patient breathes in and blows out into a tube/machine which determines lung function |