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the breathing system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what do we get energy from? | Food and oxygen |
| what is breathing in called | inhaling |
| what is breathing out called | exhaling |
| what happens when oxygen comes into our alveoli | it passes through to the bloodstream |
| what carries the oxygen when in the bloodstream | the blood |
| where does the blood carry the oxygen | the cells |
| what is the waste of respiration | carbon dioxide and water |
| what is the proper name for the voice box | Larynx |
| what keeps the air-tube open | rings of cartilage |
| what is the breathing organ | lungs |
| what moves the rib cage up and down when breathing | intercostal muscles |
| what causes the lungs to breathe in and out | the diaphragm |
| what is the diaphragm | a sheet of muscle that moves up and down causing air to move in and out of the lungs |
| what is the proper name for the windpipe | Trachea |
| what is the tube that carries air from the trachea to the lungs | Bronchus |
| what are the thin pipes that carry air within the lungs | bronchioles |
| what are the air sacs that take in air | Alveoli |
| What happens with gas exchange | gas exchange is when oxygen from the air is swapped with carbon dioxide from the body. |
| where does the oxygen go when it is in the alveoli | it goes from the alveoli through the wall and into the bloodstream |
| what does the human breathing system consist of? | nose, mouth, trachea,bronchi, bronchioles, lungs and alveoli. |