Vocab258.263 Flashcards
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Nose
Helps you to breathe and to smell
Mouth
Used to eat and speak
Lungs
The process of gas exchange called respiration
Bronchus
Carry air to and from your lungs
Bronchioles
Carry air into your lungs and also allows for the passage of air freely into the lungs
Alveoli
Where the lungs and the blood exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide during the process of breathing and breathing out
Diaphragm
Contracts and flattens and the chest cavity enlarges. This contraction creates a vacuum, which pulls air into the lungs. Upon exhalation, the diaphragm relaxes and air is forced out of the lungs
Inhalation
action of inhaling or breathing in
Exhalation
action of breathing out
Asthma
respiratory condition marked by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty breathing
Lung Cancers
cancer in your lungs.
Emphysema
Lung condition that causes shortness of breath
Kidney
pair of organs that excrete urine
Ureter
tube where urine passes from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca
Urethra
tube where urine is conveyed out of the body from the bladder