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23 Cards in this Set
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cellular respiration |
the process in which your body uses oxygen to get energy from glucose. |
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pharynx |
your throat |
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trachea |
windpipe; has epiglottis |
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cilia |
tiny hair-like structures that sweep dust and pollen out of your lungs and nose when you cough |
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bronchi |
passage way that delivers air into the lungs |
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lungs |
major organ of the respiratory system; exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide using alveoli |
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diaphragm |
large, dome-shaped muscle located at the bottom of the lungs that helps with breathing. |
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larynx |
voice box; located at the top of the trachea |
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vocal cords |
connective tissue that is stretched over the larynx to create sound when they contract |
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tar |
dark, sticky, substance, that is produced when tobacco is burned |
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carbon monoxide |
when colourless odorless, gas, that is produced when substances like tobacco are burned. |
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nicotine |
an addictive drug found in cigarettes that increase the activeness in the nervous system, heart, and other organs. |
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addiction |
physical need for a substance |
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bronchitis |
irritation of the breathing passages in which they become narrower and may be clogged with mucus |
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emphysema |
serious disease that destroys lung tissue and causes breathing difficulties |
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excretion |
process in which wastes are eliminated from the body |
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urea |
chemical produced when protein breaks down |
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urine |
watery fluid produced by kidneys that contains urea and other wastes |
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kidney |
major organ of the excretory system; removes urea and other wastes from the blood |
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ureter |
narrow tube that carries urine from one of the kidneys to the urinary bladder |
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urinary bladder |
sac-like muscular organ that stores urine until it is eliminated from the body |
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urethra |
small tube through which urine leaves the body |
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nephron |
small filtering structure found in kidneys that removes wastes from blood and produces urine. |
