fespiratory system Word Scramble
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repiratory system | Consists of lungs and air passages. |
Nose | has two openings called nostrils or nares through which air enters |
nasal septum | a wall of cartlidge that divesds the nose into two hollow spaces called nasal cavitites |
nasal cavaties | are lined with a mucous membrane and have a ricjh blood supply |
cilia | tiny, hairlike structures that filtar inhaled air to trap dust and other particles |
Sinuses | are cavities in the skull that surrond the nasel area |
pharynx (throat) | lies direrctly behind the nasal cavitites as air leaves the nose it enters the pharynx |
Larynx (voice box) | lies between the pharynx and trachea. has nine layers of cartlidge |
epiglottis | leaflike piece of cartlidge closes the opening of the larynx during swallowing. prevents foods and liquids from entering the respiratory tract |
trachea (windpipe) | is a tube extending from the larynx to the center of the chest. carries air between the pharynx and the bronchi |
bronchi | near the center of the chest a right bronchus and a left carries air from the trachea to the lunghs |
bronchioles | smallest branches of of the two bronchi |
alveoli | adult lungs have 500 million alveoli made up of one layer of squamous epithelial tissue and contain a rich network of blood capillaries. |
lungs | divisions of of the bronchi and the aveoli are found |
pleura | encloses the lungs |
ventilation | is the process of breathing |
inspiration | is the process of breathing in air |
expiration | is the process of exhaling air |
respiration | the process of inspiration and ventialtion |
external respiration | is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and blood stream |
internal respiration | the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen between the tissue cells and the bloodstream |
cellular respirtation | when the cells use the oxygen and nutrientss to prodcue energy water and carbon dioxide |
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