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What is respiration?
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The way body gains and uses oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide.
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There are two parts.
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What are the two parts of respiration?
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These are the two parts of ___________________.
Breathing -- inhale and exhale. Cellular respiration: Chemical reactions that let you get energy from food. |
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What organs are in the respiratory system?
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Nose, epiglottis (flap), Larynx (voice box), Trachea (windpipe), bronchi, lungs, bronchiole, and alveoli are all parts of what system?
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What are cilia?
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Tiny, hair-like structures that line the respiratory tract and help move mucus and other substances in the respiratory tract like dust or other foreign matter.
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What are gills
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Organs used by water animals to get oxygen from water.
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fish have these
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The pharynx branches into two tubes called the:
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The esophagus (leads to the stomach) and larynx (leads to the lungs) branch out from this pipe_______________
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The larynx contains the...
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vocal chords are found in the _______________.
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The vocal chords are made of...
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These bands of tissue that stretch across the larynx. Muscles move them, and air flowing across them makes sound. Called the ____________.
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Another word for trachea
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The windpipe, a passageway for air traveling from the larynx to the lungs. Also called the ______________.
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The trachea splits into two branches called...
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the bronchi (one is called a bronchus). They connect the ____________ to the lungs.
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Carbon dioxide is...
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a gas that is breathed out by animals and is a waste product of respiration.
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plants and trees take this in
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What are alveoli?
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Tiny sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.
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The diaphram is a...
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dome shaped muscle under the lungs that helps your lungs expand and contract, allowing the lungs to inhale and exhale oxygen and carbon dioxide.
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What are spiracles?
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Holes along the abdomen of insects used to take in oxygen.
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Mucus is...
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a thick, sticky substance made by the nose to moisten inhaled air and trap dust and bacteria.
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The epiglottis is...
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a flap that covers the trachea (windpipe) during swallowing, preventing the entrance of food and drink into the larynx and lungs.
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Esophagus
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a tube connecting the throat (pharynx) with the stomach.
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