Respiration+breathing Flashcards

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Aerobic respiration

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Needs oxygen to release energy from food

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Anaerobic respiration

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Does not use oxygen to release energy from food

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Oxygen is carried by the

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Haemoglobin on red blood cells of the body

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Aerobic respiration takes place in

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All the living cells in the human body as well as in most animal and plant cells

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Example of anaerobic respiration

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Yeast converts to alcohol in FERMENTATION this produces alcohol for drinks such as beers and wine

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Nose

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Breathe in,air is warmed,hair and mucous trap germs and dirt

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Alveoli

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Gas exchange takes place here -carbon dioxide out and oxygen in

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Trachea

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Carries air in the lungs ,held open by rings of cartilage

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Bronchus

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One gives from the trachea to each of the lungs

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Bronchioles

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Smallest air tubes that go from the bronchus to the alveoli

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Diaphragm

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A muscle that flattens to start to breath in

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Respiration

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The process that releases energy from food

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