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Respiratory System

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What is the disease that causes the alveoli to lose their ability to expand and contract?   Emphysema  
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What is the disease in which too much mucus is produced in the bronchial tubes?   Chronic Bronchitis  
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What is 12cm. long, has cilia, and cleans air?   Trachea/Windpipe  
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What is the flap that is located at the end of the pharynx and closes over the larynx that keeps you from choking?   Epiglottis  
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About how much air do you breath while at rest?   500ml  
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About how much air do you breath at exercise?   2000ml  
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Who discovered that animals need oxygen and candles burn oxygen in 1774?   Joseph Preistly  
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What two systems help you breath?   Respiratory and digestive  
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What does the digestive system supply your respiratory system with?   C6 H12 O6 (Sugar)  
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What does the respiratory system supply?   Oxygen  
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What part of the red blood cell carries oxygen and carbon dioxide?   Hemoglobin  
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What is the organ between the nasal cavity and the esophagus?   Pharynx (Throat)  
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Where is the first place air is warmed and moistened?   Nasal cavity (nose)  
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What is the colorless, odorless smoke that can kill you?   Carbon monoxide  
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What is below your lungs that expands and contracts as you breath in and out?   Diaphragm  
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What are the 2 branches that connects to the lungs from the trachea?   Bronchi  
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What is it called where your vocal cords are located?   Larynx (voice box)  
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What are the three main ingredients that are found in cigarettes, that kills you?   Tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide  
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What are the air sacs at the end of bronchioles where oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange in capillaries?   Alveoli  
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What are the six organs of the respiratory system?   1. Nasal cavity 2. Pharynx- throat 3. Larynx-voice box 4. Trachea-windpipe 5. Bronchi 6. Lungs  
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