Respiratory System Flashcards

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Cilia

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Tiny hair to trap dirt and any other particles from going to The digestive system
Gets rid through sneezing, coughing or gets digested

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2
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Larynx

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A voicebox that contains vocal chords and produce sounds

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3
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Trachea

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An airway passage that leads to Bronchus

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4
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Bronchus

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Two tubes that air passes to go to lungs

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5
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Bronchioles

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Smallest air tube in lungs, from bronchus branching

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6
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Alveolus

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Thin walled air sacs, end of bronchioles where gas exchange takes plas

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Gas exchange

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Carbon dioxide be released out and oxygen kept
The deoxygenated blood from capillaries surround alveolus where carbon dioxide diffuses into alveolus and oxygen diffuses to capillaries which bonds w red blood cells

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8
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Diaphragm

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A sheet of muscle in lower chest
Move downwards in each inhalation
Controls breathing when it rises down= inhale, rises up= exhale

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9
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Repiratory system

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The system responsible for exchanged of gases

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10
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Lungs

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An organ that takes in oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide

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