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19 Cards in this Set
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Where is the nasal cavity? |
It is the nose |
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What is the function of the nasal cavity? |
Smelling, tasting, adn breathing; To clean the air that is entering and to trap particles in its hair |
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Where is the pharynx? |
After the mouth and nasal cavity the air goes to the pharynx and then to the larynx |
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What is the function of the pharynx? |
Shared with digestive system, attaches mouth to larynx; To take air from the nasal cavity and mouth to the larynx and trachea |
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Where is the larynx? |
In between the pharynx and trachea |
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What is the function of the larynx? |
Conatins the epiglottis for closing off the trachea when swallowing, voice box; It is the voice box and contains your vocal cords when moving aid goes in and out it creates sound |
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Where is the trachea? |
It is a pipe that leads to the lungs from the nasal cavity, mouth, pharynx, and larynx |
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What is the function of the trachea? |
Armored airway from larynx to bronchi; To take air from the pharynx to the bronchi and lungs |
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Where are the lungs? |
Above the diaphragm and inside the ribcage |
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What is the function of the lungs? |
Essential organ for repiration; To take in air in order to oxygenize the blood cells |
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Where is the bronchi? |
They lead from the trachea in larger branches |
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What is the function of the bronchi? |
Splits from the trachea into the right and left lungs; To take air from the trachea to the bronchioles |
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Where is the bronchioles? |
The smallest branches in the lungs |
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What is the function of the bronchioles? |
smaller branches of the bronchi create more surface area for gas exchange; To take air from the bronchi to the alveoli |
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Where is the alveoli? |
They are tiny air sacs found at the end of the bronchioles |
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What is the function of the alveoli? |
Structural unit for the lung, gas echange occurs here with capillaries; To exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide |
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Where is the diaphragm? |
It is a muscle that lies beneath the lungs |
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What is the function of the diaphragm? |
Muscle that controls inflation and deflation of lungs; It makes your lungs inflate and deflate. |
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What is the function of the mouth? |
Secondary source of air; To taste and chew food, also the secondary place to inhale. |
