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Where does air move through into

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The nasal cavity

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What are the two kinds of cell lines that line the nasal cavity

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Ciliated epithelial cells and goblet cells

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What are ciliated epithelial cells

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They have tiny hairs called cilia that trap and remove dust and germs in the air that you breathe in

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What does Goblet cells do

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Make slimy liquid called mucus . The mucus keeps the surface of the nasal cavity moist and traps the dust and germs that you breathe in

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What are the small blood vessels in the nasal cavity called

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Capillaries that are close to the surface

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What does the blood in the capillaries do

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Warms the air as it passes through the nasal cavities.

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What is the throats known as

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The pharynx

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Where is the pharynx situated

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At the back of the nasal cavity

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What system is the pharynx part of

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The digestive system

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What does the pharynx open into

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The trachea and the oesophogus of the digestive system

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Where is the larynx

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At the top of the trachea

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What opening does the larynx have

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A glottis that opens into your trachea

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What is covering the glottis and what does it do

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The epiglottis covers the glottis when swallowing food or water, preventing food from going into the trachea

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What are inside the larynx and what do they do

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Two membranes called the vocal chords inside the larynx , they vibrate and make various sounds as the air is forced through them

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What does the trachea lead Into

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The lungs

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What does the trachea have inside it

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C shaped cartilage rings

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What do the c shaped cartilage rings do

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They keep the trachea open all the time so that air can pass through freely into and out of the lungs

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What lines the trachea

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Ciliated epithelial and goblet cells

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What does the trachea branch into

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Two bronchi

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How are bronchi and the trachea the same

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Similar in structure but the trachea are narrower

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What does each bronchus lead into

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A lung

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What happens when a bronchus enters each lung

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Branches into smaller tubes called the bronchioles

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Bronchioles don’t have cartilage rings or ciliated epithelium

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True

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What does each bronchiole lead to

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A bunch of small air sacs called the alveoli

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What surrounds each alveolus
A network of blood capillaries
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The alveolus has a very thin wall, what is it made up of
Made up of flattened cells called squamous epithelium
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What are the things that make up a lung
The blood vessels, alveoli, bronchioles, and part of the bronchus make up a lung
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How many membranes sound each lung , and what are they called
Pleural membranes
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What is between the pleural membranes surround each lung, and what is its function
There is fluid between the two membranes to prevent friction when breathing in and out
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What protects the lungs
The ribs as well as a muscle called the diaphragm.
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Where is the diaphragm located
Below the lungs
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What is the process of breathing air into your lungs called
Inhalation
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What is exhalation
The process when air is breathed out of the lungs
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What happens during inhalation
The muscles of the diaghprgam contract and the diaghragm flattens The intercostal muscles contract and pull the ribs outwards and upwards , increasing the volume in the chest . The pressure in the chest therefor descreaes causing air to be drawn in through the nose , down the trachea and into the lungs
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What happens during exhalation
The muscles of the diaphragm relax and the diaghrpam becomes more dome shaped , the intercostal muscles relax and the ribcage moves downwards and inwards. Both of these decrease the volume in the chest , therefor the pressure increases and this causes air to be pushed out of the lungs , up the trachea and out the nose
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Where does the air you breathe in go
Into the alveoli in your lungs
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What is the function of the alveoli
To allow gaseous exchange to take place
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Where does the oxygen from the air you inhale go
Moves by diffusion from the alveoli into the blood capillaries
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What does the carbon dioxide dissolved in the blood do
Diffuses from the capilliraries into the alveoli
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What is the disffusion of gas called and why
Gaseous exchange because the waste gas , Carbon dioxide in the lungs , is exchanged for the gas oxygen that us needed . Carbon dioxide in lungs is then breathed out
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What does the oxygen in the blood combine with
A pigment called haemoglobin in the erythrocytes
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Where is oxygen carried and by what
Oxygen is carried to all the cells of the body by the erythrocytes
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What do the erythrocytes not go into
The cells
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Where is oxygen released from and where does it difuse into
Oxygen is released from the haemoglobin and difuses from the blood capillaries into the cells where it is used for cellular respiration
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What is cellular respiration
A reaction that occurs in all cells
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What happens in cellular respiration
Oxygen is used to break down glucose (sugars) into carbon dioxide and water to provide energy for cells to use during metabolic processes
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What is glucose
Radiant energy from the sun is trapped in organic food during photosynthesis as chemical potential energy
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What is food
This energy is transferred from plants to herbivores and then to carnivores to be released from the food
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What is energy
The energy released is used by cells to do work , locomotion , excretion, reproduction, and body temperatures regulation
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Where does cellular respiration occur
In the mitochondrion
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Where do glucose and oxygen come from
Glucose comes from the food we eat and oxygen from the air we inhale
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What the does carbon dioxide that is produced during cellular respiration do
Difuses out of the cells into the blood capillaries, it is then transported by the blood to the alveoli , in the alveoli it is exchanged for more oxygen
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How many openings does the nose have, and what are they called
Two openings called the nostrils
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What happens during photynthesis
Sunlight , water and carbon dioxide combine which creates glucose and oxygen.
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Where does photosynthesis take place in the leaf
In the chloroplast
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What gas is used , and what gas is produced from photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide is used for photosynthesis, however oxygen is the gas produced
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Where does respiration take place , and what gas is needed
The mitochondria of the leaf , oxygen is the gas used .
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How do gases get in an out of the leaf
Through the stomatal pores
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What do plants use up the oxygen they make during photosynthesis for
Cellular respiration
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Why do plants need to take in CO2
They need more carbon dioxide for photosynthesis than they make during cellular respiration
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How do gases move into and out of plants
By diffusion through the stamatal pores on leaves and young , green stems
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Why do plants move gas through diffusion
They don't have a breathing system like human and animals
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Where do these gases in the plants difuse to and from
From areas where they are more concentrated to areas less concentrated
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What leaves the leaf in the night
Carbon dioxide
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What leaves the leaf in the day
Oxygen
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How do gases go through the leaf in the day and night
Through the stomata
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Why are plants important to humans
``` Creates oxygen Produce food Gets rid of waste products - co2 Clothing Building ```
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What disease can smoking cause
Cancer of the lungs,mouth, larynx and heart disease
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What 4000 chemicals different chemicals are enhaled during smoking
Acetone, methanol, ammonia, arsenic, polonium
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What does smoking do to
Discolours teeth, breathe, hair, clothes smell
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What do cigarettes affect
Your lungs . Cigarette smoke contains many dangerous substances Nictotine , tar, carbon monoxide
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Why is carbon monoxide bad for your lungs
Combines with haemoglobin in the blood. There is less haemoglobin to combine with oxygen. Less oxygen gets to the cells which means smokers are often short of breath
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Why is nicotine bad
Causes blood pressure and heart rate to increase , which leads to heart attacks. Nicotine is addictive. Can't give it up as your body is addicted to the Nicotine
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Why is tar bad for you
Collects in the lining of the bronchi and bronchioles . Cells of the lining divide and grow thicker. To much mucus is produced and the cilia can't work properly. Dust and germs can get into the lungs and kill the cells
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What happens when tar collects in the bronchioles
Bronchi and bronchioles become red and swollen , more mucus is produced . This extra mucus collects in the tubes and causes chronic bronchitis ( a person who coughs a lot) smokers cough
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What leads from smokers cough (chronic bronchitis)
Repeated coughing may lead to the breaking down of the delicate walls of the alveoli. These alveoli become larger and the surface area descreases so less oxygen can difuse in the blood. Become short of breath and it's hard to breathe. Called emphysema with no cure

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