Question | Answer |
BREATHING | THE PROCESS WHEREBY FRESH AIR MOVES INTO THE LUNGS AND STALE AIR MOVES OUT. |
RESPIRATION | THE PROCESS OF RELEASING ENERGY FROM GLUCOSE. |
PHARYNX | THE TUBE-LIKE PASSAGEWAY FOR BOTH FOOD AND AIR. |
EPIGLOTTIS | A FLAP OF TISSUE AT THE END OF THE PHARYNX WHICH COVERS THE GLOTTIS. |
LARYNX | THE AIRWAY TO WHICH YOUR VOCAL CORDS ARE ATTACHED. |
GLOTTIS | THE OPENING BETWEEN YOUR VOCAL CORDS. |
TRACHEA | THE TUBE LINED WITH CARTILAGE THAT LEADS TO THE LUNGS. |
LUNGS | ORGANS OF RESPIRATION |
BRONCHI | TWO SHORT BRANCHES AT THE END OF THE TRACHEA THAT CARRY AIR INTO THE LUNGS. |
BRONCHIOLES | SMALLER TUBES AT THE END OF THE BRONCHI WITHIN THE LUNGS. |
ALVEOLI | CLUSTERS OF TINY, THIN-WALLED AIR SACS WHERE OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE EXCHANGE TAKES PLACE IN THE LUNGS. |
DIAPHRAGM | A MUSCLE BENEATH THE LUNGS THAT HELPS AIR MOVE IN AND OUT OF YOUR BODY. |
EXCRETION | THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE FROM THE BODY. |
URINARY SYSTEM | MADE UP OF ORGANS THAT RID THE BODY OF WASTES, CONTROL BLOOD VOLUME, AND BALANCE SALTS AND WATER. |
KIDNEYS | MAJOR ORGANS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM. |
NEPHRONS | TINY FILTERING UNITS OF THE KIDNEYS. |
URINE | LIQUID WASTE. |
URETERS | TUBES THAT LEAD FROM EACH KIDNEY TO THE BLADDER. |
BLADDER | ELASTIC, MUSCULAR ORGAN THAT HOLD URINE UNTIL IT LEAVES THE BODY. |
URETHRA | TUBE THAT CARRIES URINE FROM THE BLADDER TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY. |