All the vocabulary for Level 1 of the Respiratory and Excretory systems menu.
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| breathing | air moving in and out of the lungs
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| cellular respiration | a process where oxygen (from breathing) is used to break down sugar (glucose) to make energy
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| pharynx | the back of the throat
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| larynx | also called the voicebox, this is where air passes after going through the pharynx
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| epiglottis | a flap at the top of the trachea that prevents food from going down the trachea
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| trachea | also called the windpipe, this is the tube made of c-shaped cartilage that carries air to your lungs
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| bronchi | the two tubes that split off of the trachea and go to each lung
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| lungs | the two sac-like organs in the chest where gas exchange occurs
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| alveoli | tiny sac-like (think bunches of grapes!) structures in the lungs where gas exchange occurs
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| diaphragm | the muscle beneath your lungs that contracts and relaxes to help move air in and out of your lungs
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| cellular waste | substances that your cells no longer need, that may build up to toxic levels if they are not removed (includes carbon dioxide, water, salts, and many other substances)
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| kidneys | two bean-shaped organs at waist level (along your back) that filter waste (urea) from the blood
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| ureters | two tubes that carry liquid waste from the kidneys to the bladder
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| bladder | an elastic muscular organs that holds urine until it leaves the body
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| urethra | the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body
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| urine | waste water that carries cellular wastes from the body
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| filter | to remove unwanted materials from something
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| excretion | the removal of cellular waste
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| liver | an organ that aids in digestion and excretion
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| skin | the largest organ in the body, excretes water and wastes through sweat
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| oxygen | a respiratory gas needed by cells to make energy
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| carbon dioxide | a waste gas from cells that needs to be removed from the body
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