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10 Cards in this Set
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- 3rd side (hint)
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Where does the air that you breathe in go through first? |
The Trachea |
The T____ |
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Name the 3 parts of the lungs that the air passes through after travelling through the trachea? |
It passes through the BRONCHI, then the BRONCHIOLES and ends up in the ALVEOLI (small air sacs) |
B____ , B_____, then ends up in the A____ |
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REMEMBER!!! |
One bronchus, two bronchi. One alveolus, many alveoli. |
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What are alveoli surround by? |
Blood capillaries |
B___ C____ |
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What do alveoli carry out? |
Gas Exchange |
G____ E_____ |
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Where does the blood go in the lungs and what does it carry? |
Comes into the lungs through the capillaries. It contains lots of carbon dioxide and very little oxygen. |
Through the C___ and contains lots of C____ D_____ and very little O____ |
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What happens to oxygen after it's been breathed in? |
The oxygen diffuses out of the air in the alveolus (where there's a higher concentration) into the blood (where there's a lower concentration). |
Oxygen d____ out of the air in the alveolus (h____ c____) into the b___ (l___ C______) |
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What happens to carbon dioxide during gas exchange? |
Carbon dioxide diffuses out of the blood (higher concentration) into the air in the alveolus (lower concentration). |
It d____ out of the b___ (h___ c____) into the a__ in the alveolus (l___ c_____). |
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What's the final step of the gas exchange process? |
The blood then leaves the lungs and travels around the body. |
The blood leaves the l___ then travels around the b___ |
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Breathing rate calculation equation. |
Breaths per minute= number of breaths ÷ number of minutes |
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