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4. What term do scientist use to describe the mechanical process in which air is pulled inside the body?

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Breathing

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6. What would happen if food entered the trachea?

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You would choke, not talk, and possibly die

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7. What is the bronchi and where is it located?

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In the lungs

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8. Which of the following occurs in the second stage of urine formation?

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Much of the needed material is returned to the blood and wastes are eliminated from the body.

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10. During gas exchange, which substance moves from the alveoli into the bloodstream?

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Oxygen

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15. Dust in air that enters the nose is trapped by a sticky substances called what?

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Mucus

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19. What is the pulmonary artery and where is it located?

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By the lungs

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22. In which organ is urea produced?

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Liver

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23. Directly above the bronchi, what occurs?

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Nothing

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27. Before the kidneys filter it out, where does urea exist before it goes to the bloodstream?

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In your liver

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29. What is to the right of the sternum?

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The trachea

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32. What happens to cause air to be inhaled into the lungs?

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The diaphragm contracts, moves down and opens the rib cage

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33. A blood vessel that is sometimes blue, contains what?

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Carbon dioxide

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34. What word best describes the pharynx?

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Throat

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35. What do capillaries have in common with veins and arteries?

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They are all types of blood vessels

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37. Where does oxygen enter blood cells?

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From the pulmonary artery and bronchi

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40. Which of the following is not a product of respiration?

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Glucose

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43. What is at the bottom of the sternum?

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Left bronchus

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44. Under normal conditions, which of the following substances is found in urine?

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Urea

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3. the blood in the body is thick, which of the following happens?

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The body produces more ADH and the kidneys reabsorb the water

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