2. Respiratory system Flashcards

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What Is the most important body process?

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Breathing is the most important body process

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What is the purpose of breathing?

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The purpose of breathing is to inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide

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What is the name of the breathing body process?

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The respiratory system is the breathing process

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What would happen without the exchange of gasses?

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Without the exchange of gasses you would die

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What is the role of the lungs?

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The lungs deliver oxygen for cellular respiration and excrete carbon dioxide

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What is breathing?

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Breathing is bringing in oxygen and letting carbon dioxide out

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When does breathing begin?

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Breathing begins when you breath in through your nose or mouth

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Where is the air warmed and filtered?

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Air is warmed and filtered by tiny hairs called cilia and sticky mucus in your nose

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What do the cilia do?

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Cilia trap dirt and particles and either push them back though the nose (boogers) or digest them

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Where does the air travel after your nose?

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Air travels down the pharynx, past the epiglottis and through your larynx

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What is the larynx?

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Larynx is your voice box

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What produces sound in the larynx?

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The larynx has cords which vibrate as air passes through them, which makes sound.

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Where does air go after the larynx?

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After the larynx the air goes down your trachea

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Where can you feel your trachea?

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Your trachea is the bumps you feel on the front of your neck

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What makes the bumps in your trachea?

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the trachea bumps are cartilage which is flexible but helps to maintain the shape, like a vacuum hose.

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At the base of the trachea, what are the two tubes called?

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The trachea splits into the two bronchi (singular I bronchus)

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Where does air go after the bronchi?

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After the bronchi, air goes into your lungs

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What do bronchi branch into?

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Bronchi branch into bronchioles

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What are the tiny thin walled sacs called

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Bronchioles branch into tiny sacs called alveoli

20
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How many alveoli are there?

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there are millions of alveoli

21
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What happens in the alveoli?

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Gas exchange happens in the alveoli

22
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What surrounds each alveolus?

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Thousands of capillaries surround each alveolus

23
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What do alveoli look like?

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Alveoli look like bunches of grapes

24
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Where do the respiratory and the circulatory systems interact?

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In the alveoli, the respiratory and the circulatory systems interact

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What comes from the capillaries surrounding the alveoli?
De-oxygenated blood comes from the capillaries around the alveoli
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Which way does diffusion work in the alveoli?
Oxygen diffuses into the blood, and carbon dioxide diffuses out of the blood in the alveoli walls.
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What happens to the blood once it is full of oxygen from the lungs?
From the lungs, blood is pumped back up into the heart and then to the body
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What is this whole process called?
The process of getting oxygen and getting rid of carbon dioxide is called gas exchange
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What are two diseases that occur from smoking.
Cancer and emphysema are caused by smoking tobacco
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What is emphysema?
Emphysema is when the alveoli lose their elasticity which makes breathing very difficult
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What other problem usually happens at the same time as emphysema? This is call co-morbidity
Heart disease usually occurs at the same time as emphysema
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What does carcinogenic mean?
Carcinogenic means it causes cancer
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How many carcinogenic (cancer causing) chemicals are in cigarettes?
At least 50 carcinogens are in cigarettes
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What are the six most harmful chemicals in cigarettes?
Nicotine, are, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, hyrogen cyanide and benzine are the most harmful chemicals in cigarettes
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What else do cigarettes destroy in your body?
Cigarettes also destroy the cilia which lines the respiratory system, so that dirt from the air cannot be removed easily.
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What is the order of the path air takes
mouth/nose --- nasal cavity – pharynx --- larynx--- trachea --- bronchus---bronchioles – lungs – alveoli
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What is the difference between the bronchus and the bronchioles?
Bronchioles are smaller versions of the bronchus
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What is the gas exchange called?
Diffusion is the process of gas exchange
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How are alveoli structured to speed up gas exchange?
Alveoli are very thin, there are millions of them, and they are surrounded by capillaries which speeds up air exchange
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What happens to oxygenated blood?
From the capillaries it goes back pulmonary vein and into the heart and then pumped to the rest of the body