Respiratory System

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Its main function is to breathe in
oxygen and breathe out carbon
dioxide

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Respiratory system

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is made up of
your lungs, airways (trachea, bronchi
and bronchoioles), diaphragm, voice
box, throat, nose and mouth

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Respiratory system

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The nose helps bring in air, cleans it, and makes it warm and moist

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Nasal Cavity

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The mouth is another way to breathe when needed

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Oral Cavity

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Includes the nose and throat; it prepares the air for the lungs by cleaning and warming it

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Upper Respiratory Tract

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A tube that carries air from your throat to your lungs

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Trachea (Windpipe)

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Two sponge-like organs where breathing happens. They take in oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide

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Lungs

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Tiny tubes in the lungs that carry air to small sacs

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Bronchiole

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Tiny balloon-like sacs where oxygen enters your blood, and carbon dioxide leaves

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Alveoli

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Pumps blood to the lungs to pick up oxygen and carry it to the rest of the body

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Heart

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A muscle under the lungs that helps pull air in and push it out

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Diaphragm

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This is the pathway between the heart and the lungs. It carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs to pick up oxygen and then returns oxygenated blood back to the heart

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Pulmonary Circulation

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This is the pathway between the heart and the rest of the body. It carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body tissues and then returns deoxygenated blood back to the heart

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Systemic Circulation

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Receives deoxygenated blood from the body

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Right Atrium

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Pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs

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Right Ventricle

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Carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs

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Pulmonary Artery

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Where gas exchange occurs, oxygen enters the blood, and carbon dioxide is released

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Lungs

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Carries oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart

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Pulmonary Vein

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Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs

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Left Atrium

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Pumps oxygenated blood to the body

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Left Ventricle

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The main artery carrying oxygenated blood to the body

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Aorta

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All the tissues and organs of the body receive oxygenated blood

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Blood Tissues

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The main vein carrying deoxygenated blood back to the heart

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Vena Cava

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The main function of your respiratory system?

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Warms and adds moisture to the air you breathe in, Protects your body from particles you breathe in, Allows you to talk, Helps you smell, Balances level of acidity in your body

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Caterpillars take in air by means of? (tiny holes along the sides of their bodies)

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Spiracles

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Process by which organisms that live in water obtain oxygen from their surroundings and expel carbon dioxide

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Aquatic Respiration

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are thin, highly vascularized structures that extract dissolved oxygen from water as it flows over them. Oxygen diffuses into the blood, and carbon dioxide diffuses out

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Gills

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form of respiration where gas exchange occurs directly through the skin. Oxygen diffuses into the body, and carbon dioxide diffuses out, using the skin as the respiratory surface

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Cutaneous Respiration

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a type of respiration where gas exchange occurs through the moist lining of the mouth and pharynx

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Buccopharyngeal Respiration

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the process of gas exchange that occurs in the lungs of organisms. Oxygen is inhaled into the lungs, diffused into the bloodstream, and carbon dioxide is exhaled

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Pulmonary Respiration

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structures from the nose to the larynx

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Upper Respiratory Tract

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structures from the trachea through the alveoli in the lungs

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Lower Respiratory Tract

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encompasses the structures from the nose to the smallest air tubes within the lungs and is strictly for ventilation

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Conducting Zone

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solely within the lungs and includes some specialized small air tubes and the alveoli. Gas exchange occurs within the ____

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Respiratory Zone

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Mainly composed of the hyaline cartilage

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Nasal External Nose

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The open chamber inside the nose where air first enters the respiratory system

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Nasal Cavity

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The floor of the nasal cavity, which separates it from the oral cavity in the mouth, is called the ?

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Hard Palate

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The two halves of the nasal cavity are separated by a wall of tissue called the?

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nasal septum

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three lateral bony ridges on each side of nasal cavity. It increase the surface area of the nasal cavity and helps in cleaning, humidifying, and warming of air

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Conchae

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air filled spaces within bone. It opens into nasal cavity and is lined with mucus

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Paranasal Sinuses

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a common passageway for the respiratory and digestive systems

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Pharynx

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Adam’s apple

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Thyroid Cartilage

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flap that prevents swallowed materials from entering the larynx

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Epiglottis

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false vocal cords

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Vestibular Folds

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are the primary source of sound production. Air moving past the ____ causes them to vibrate and produce sound.

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Vocal Folds

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allows air to flow into the lungs. Consists of 16 to 20 C-shaped pieces of cartilage called tracheal ring

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Trachea (Wind Pipe)

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16 to 20 C-shaped pieces of cartilage

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Tracheal ring

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divides to form two smaller tubes called main bronchi, or primary bronchi, each of which extends to a lung

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Bronchi

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site of gas exchange. _____ are small, air-filled chambers where the air and the blood come into close contact with each other

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Alveoli

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The diaphragm contracts and moves downward, expanding the chest cavity. This allows air to enter the lungs

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Inhalation

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The diaphragm relaxes and moves upward, reducing the chest cavity size. This forces air out of the lungs

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Exhalation

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Gas exchange in the lungs occur in the ____, tiny air sacs in the lungs

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Alveoli

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A condition where airways become inflamed and narrow, making it hard to breathe

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Asthma

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Includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema, causing airflow blockage

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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An infection that inflames air sacs in the lungs, which may fill with fluid

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Pneumonia

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A bacterial infection primarily affecting the lungs

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Tubercolosis

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Uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the lungs

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Lung Cancer