Respiratory System Flashcards

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Is the organ system responsible in supplying oxygen in the human body

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Respiratory system

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Is also called breathing system

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Respiratory system

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Is the act or process of inhaling and exhaling carbon dioxide

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Respiration

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4
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It allows air to enter our body the filters debris and warms/moistens the air

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Nose

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5
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Usually called throat

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Pharynx

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6
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Part of respiratory and digestive system that carries food, air and fluid down from the nose and mouth

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Pharynx

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7
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Called as voice box

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Larynx

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Also called wind pipe

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Trachea

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9
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Connects the lungs to the trachea

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Bronchi

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Pair of spongy, air filled organ near the backbone on either side of the chest

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Lungs

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11
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Smaller branches of bronchi

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Bronchioles

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12
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Where gas exchange occurs

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Alveoli

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13
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Known as airsacs

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Alveoli

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14
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Tiny hairs in the nose that filter out dust and othe particles

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Cilla

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15
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Main organ of respiratory system

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Lungs

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16
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Is the process by which oxygen is taken into and carbon dioxide is eliminated from the body

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Respiration

17
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Is a hollow tube that serves as passageway of air into the lungs

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Trachea

18
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Finer subdivisions of the bronchi that connect to the alveoli

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Bronchi

19
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Moves inside the lungs during inhalation

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Oxygen

20
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Leaves the body through the lungs during exhalation

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Carbon dioxide

21
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Muscular partition between the chest and abdomen

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Diaphragm

22
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Process of breathing in

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Inhalation

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Process of breathing out

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Exhalation

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The process of breathing out

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Exhalation

25
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Hair like tubes that connect to the alveoli

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Bronchioles

26
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2 phases of breathing process

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• inhalation
• exhalation