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26 Cards in this Set
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Respiratory Surface |
the area across which gas exchange takes place between the inside of an organism and the outside environment |
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Respiratory Surfaces must be... |
-large -moist |
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Gill |
respiratory organ with finely divided, feathery surface |
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Mantle (Bivalvia) |
structure that looks like skin and lines the inside of the shell |
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Mantle cavity |
area between mantle and foot, where the gills lie |
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Incurrent siphon |
Water enters the mantle through this |
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Excurrent siphon |
Water exits the mantle cavity through this |
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Funnel (Cephalopoda) |
Pumps water into the mantle of the squid |
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Book gills (horseshoe crab) |
respiratory structure, modified appendages that consists of five pairs of opercula (flaps) |
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Gill slits |
openings to gills |
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Operculum |
bony plate that covers and protects the gills |
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Spiracle (insect) |
Holes that lead to the trachea |
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Tracheoles |
site in insects where gas exchange takes place |
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Trachea |
wind pipe |
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Lungs |
respiratory organ in air breathing animals |
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Diaphragm |
sheet of skeletal muscle that extends across the thoracic cavity, as it contracts it expands the cavity and draws air into the lung |
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Intercostal muscles |
muscles between the ribs that contract to expand the thoracic cavity |
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Tidal volume |
the amount of air exchanged in the lungs during normal breathing |
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Expiratory reserve volume |
the amount of air left in your lungs after normal expiration |
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Vital Capacity |
the greatest amount of air that your lungs can exchange |
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Guard cells |
Cells that expand or contract to close the stoma, gain turgor after the uptake of K+ and Cl- |
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Stoma |
Passageway for oxygen and carbon dioxide to enter and exit the leaf |
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Cuticle |
Limits moisture from leaving leaf |
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Palisade layer |
absorbs most of the light in the leaf |
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Epidermis layer (leaf) |
protects against water loss |
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Spongy mesophyl |
allows for the interchange of gases |
