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Respiratory system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Epiglottis | Flap of tissue which prevents food from entering the windpipe during swallowing |
| Phraynx | Area at the back of the throat where the mouth and the nasal cavity meet. |
| Bronchi | The trachea divides into these right and left branches. |
| Larynx | Contains the vocal chords |
| Diaphram | Flat sheet of muscle separating the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity |
| Cappilaries | Blood vessels surrounding the air sacs |
| Alveoli | Tiny air sacs where the exchange of gases between air and blood takes place |
| Nasal Passage | Oxygen is carried into the lungs and vital organs |
| Nostril | Either of the two external openings of the nose. |
| Lungs | Either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates |
| Pleura | Moist Membrane covering the lung and chest cavity wall on each side. |
| Bronchiole | Smaller branches of the bronchi |
| Trachea | Tube leading from larynx to bronchi. |