Quiz Urinary System Flashcards
What term do scientist use to describe the mechanical process in which air is pulled inside the body?
Breathing
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The rib muscles and diaphragm relax, and the chest cavity becomes?
Smaller
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Where in the following does one of the gas exchanges occur in the respiratory system?
In the alveoli
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What happens to cause air to be inhaled into the lungs?
The diaphragm contracts, moves down and opens the rib cage.
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Each alveolus is surrounded by a network of?
Capillaries
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What is the larynx?
Your vocal cords
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What is the kidney?
Water duct or urinary duct
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What is the left lung?
Has three Lobes and contains the left primary bronchus.
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The left lung is filled with what?
Alveoli
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Which substances are necessary for respiration to occur in cells?
Oxygen and glucose
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Can your lungs store several hours of oxygen?
No
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What is the trachea?
Windpipe
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