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1
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The _____ are the main organs of the respiratory system

A

lungs

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2
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Membranes that line the nose secrete a thick sticky substance called ______

A

mucas

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3
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The _______ leads down ward to the esophagus and the larynx.

A

Pharynx

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4
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at the back of the mouth and nose is the part of the throat called the

A

pharynx

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5
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The _______ is an elastic tube that is located posterior to (behind) the larynx.

A

esophagus

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6
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The ______ is a boxlike structure composed of several ieces of cartilage.

A

Larynx

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7
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The _____ keeps food from going up into the nasal cavity when you swallow

A

uvula

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8
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The space between these folds is called the

A

glottis

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9
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The ______ is an open tube made of a series of cartilage rings.

A

trachea

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10
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The trachea branches to form two similar but smaller air passages called the

A

bronchi

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11
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The air passing through the bronchiles finally enters microscopic sacs called

A

alveoli

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12
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The _______ is a domeshaped muscle that attaches to teh lower rubs the backbone and the sternum.

A

diaphragm

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13
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______ is an enfection that causes the alveoli to become inflamed and fill with fluid

A

pneumonia

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14
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________ is a bacterial infection that results in clumps of damaged lung tissue

A

tuberculosis

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15
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________ is a lung disease that is often associated with smoking

A

emphysema

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16
Q

_______________ ____ a lun collapses when the alveoli lose most of their air

A

collapsed lung

17
Q

The bodys process of taking food apart is

A

digestion

18
Q

The process of building living tussues from the digested foods is

A

assimilation

19
Q

_________ ________ involves chemically breaking down the food into soluble substances that the body can use

A

mechanical digestion

20
Q

________ ______ ivolves chemically breaking down the food into soluble substances that the body can use…..

A

chemical digestion

21
Q

The ________ ____ runs from the mouth to the anus

A

alimentary canal

22
Q

_______ us a type of muscular contraction

A

peristalisis

23
Q

The ________ are the eight teeth in the front of the mouth.

A

incisors

24
Q

the next tooth toward the back of the mout is the ______

A

canines

25
Q

around the mouth are three pair of _________ ______ these glands produce slaiva

A

salivary glands

26
Q

the mixture of food enzymbes and acid becomes a semiliquid called

A

chyme

27
Q

the stomach gently squirts small amounts of chume through a valve and into the

A

small intestine

28
Q

The inner suface of teh small intesiten has many folds lined with microscopic fingerlike structures called

A

villi

29
Q

At the end of the small intestine the remaining undigested foods and fluids enter the

A

large intesitne

30
Q

the _____ performs more than 500 functions including bile

A

liver

31
Q

The _____ produces several enzymes used in the digestion of proteins

A

pancreas

32
Q

Most of the _________ we eat are sugars or starches

A

carbohydrates q

33
Q

these are made up of amino acids

A

proteins

34
Q

____ are the fats and oils in foods.

A

lipids

35
Q

The ______ ___ _________ of carbohydrates begins in the mouth.

A

digestion of carbohydrates

36
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The _________ __ ______ starts in the stomach

A

digestion of proteins

37
Q

_________________ __ ______ of lipids starts in the small intestine

A

digestion of lipids

38
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trachea
alveoli
bronchi

A

trachea alveoli bronchi