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Resp/Circ Review
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Question | Answer |
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What is the purpose or role of the respiratory system? | Exchange gases between the body and environment |
This organ is not an organ in the respiratory system. | The heart |
What is the path that oxygen takes as it enters the body? | Nose - windpipe - lungs - alveoli |
What large muscle controls your lungs? | The diaphragm |
Which part of the respiratory system has tiny hair-like objects that filter the air? It also warms and moistens the air. | The nose |
What tubes divide and connect your windpipe (in your throat) to your lungs? | Bronchial tubes |
When you breathe in, _____________ enters the body. | oxygen |
When you breathe out, _____________ exits the body. | Carbon Dioxide |
Inside of the lungs, there are tiny air sacs shaped like balloons (or bundles of grapes) that exchange gases between lungs and blood vessels. What are they called? | Alveoli |
_____________ is a waste product of the body. | Carbon Dioxide |
What is the purpose or function of the circulatory system? | Transport gases and nutrients around the body |
These systems work together to meet the needs of the cell for food, oxygen and waste removal. | The digestive, Circulatory and Respiratory Systems |
This organ is NOT a part of the circulatory system? | lungs |
Which organ is responsible for pumping fluid through your circulatory system? | The heart |
How many chambers does the heart have? | 4 |
What would cause the heart to beat fastest or work the hardest? | Exercising or running |
The heart is about the size of ____________. | Your fist |
What is transported by the circulatory system? | Blood cells, water, food molecules, cellular waste |
If the circulatory system is a delivery service, then blood vessels would be ___________________. | Highways |
The largest blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called _____________. They also have lots of oxygen. | Arteries |
The largest blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart are called _____________. They also have lots of carbon dioxide. | Veins |
This tube, lined with cartilage, allows air to flow clearly to and from the lungs. | The trachea |
This part of the blood is mostly water; helps carry molecules of food and water through the circulatory system. | Plasma |
_____________ is the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. | Diffusion |
_________________is the diffusion of water through a cell. | Osmosis |
Our cell membrane is ____________, which means some molecules can move through the membrane, while others cannot. | Semi-Permeable |
The circulatory system is made up of tubes called arteries, veins, and ___________________. | capillaries |