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The organs of the_______ incude the nose, pharynx, trachea, bronchi and their smaller branches, and the lungs
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Respiratory system
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The what is the only extrenally visible part of the respiratory sytem?
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the nose
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air enters the nose by passing through?
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external nares
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what is the pharynx?
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its a muscular passageway about 13 cm long that vaguely resembles a short length of red garden hose
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the ______ are at the base of the tongue
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lingual tonsils
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what does the thyrio cartilage do ?
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it protudes anteriorly and is commly called the adams apple
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what does the epiglottis do?
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protects the superior opening of the larynz
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vibrates with expelled air
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true vocal cords
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Whats the Heimlich maneuver?
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a procedure in which the air in a persons own lungs is used to expel a pieve of food
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___ are formed by the division of the trachea
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primary bronchi
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inspiration?
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when air is leaving the lungs
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how are bronchial sounds produced?
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by air rushing through the large respiratory passageways
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external respiration
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is the actual exchange of gases bewteen the alveoli and the blood
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____ the gas exchange process that occures bewteen the systemic capillaries and the tissue cells
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internal respiration
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inadequate oxygen delivery to the body tissues is called
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hypoxia
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bicarbonate ion?
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plays in important role in the blood buffer system
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what two ways are blood transported into the body?
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hemoglobin and oxyhemoglobin
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internal respiration?
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is the gas exchange process
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nonrespiratory air movements are
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a result of reflex activity
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why is residual volume important?
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it allows gas exchange to go oncontinuosly even between breaths and helps to keep the alveoli open
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