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24 Cards in this Set
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Alveoli
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Tiny air sacs in the lungs that conduct the air to the bloodstream upon inhalation oxygen enters.
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Breathiness
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a vocal quality by the release of excessive breath. Think Marlyn Monroe.
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Bronchioles
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small branches at the end of the bronchi
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Bronchus
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One of the two tubular divisions of the trachea
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Clavicular Breathing
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Respiration in which the upper chest and shoulders are elevated and lowered
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Diaphragm
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the most important muscle used in a abdominal breathing
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Diaphragmatic Breathing
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Respiration in which the muscles of the abdomen and the diaphragm are used to perform speech
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Exhalation
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Breathing process in which carbon dioxide is expelled from the lungs
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Inhalation
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breathing process in which oxygen rushes into lungs
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Nasal Cavity
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Cavity in the head that leads to the nose
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Oral Cavity
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the buccal or mouth cavity, the size of cavity can be adjusted. (throat)
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Pharynx
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the throat cavity located between the esophagus. The opening to the nasal cavity
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Resonance
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the process that amplifies and modifies the intensity of tone
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Respiration
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The process of breathing, the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
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Rib Cage
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the bony boundary of the chest or thorax
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Sternum
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The breastbone
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Thorax
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The chest or chest cavity
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Trachea
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The windpipe , a cartilaginous tube between throat and bronchial tubes
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Turbinates
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The spiral shaped bones located behind the nose that warm, moisten and filter the air during vegetative breathing.
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Upper Thoracic Breathing
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respiration while elevating the sternum and often pulling in the lower ribs
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Vegetative Breathing
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Respiration in order to sustain life. Breathing for life
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Vertebral Column
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The spinal column
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Viscera
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the soft digestive organs in the abdomen
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Vocal Folds
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Folds of muscle located within the larynx that when vibrated by subglottal air pressure, cause most of the sounds of speech
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