Respiration & Excretion
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thecookfam on March 11, 2010
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From Note-Taking WKST and textbook.
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Wesleyan 9th Grade, 9th Grade Wesleyan School, Wesleyan Class of 2016, Wesleyan Class of 2016
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 oxygen | What is the molecule that the respiratory system supplies to the body? |
| breathing | the movement of the chest that brings air into the lungs and removes waste gas |
| respiraton | the process where oxygen is used by cells to release energy from glucose |
| pharnyx | a tubelike passageway used by food, liquid, and air |
| epiglottis | a flap on the lower end of a food, liquid, air passageway that folds to prevent food or liquid from entering the airway |
| larnyx | contains vocal cords |
| trachea | is held open by rings of cartilage; lined with cilia and mucuous membranes |
| bronchi | there are two of these at the lower end of the trachea |
| bronchioles | the smallest version of bronchi |
| alveoli | bronchioles end in clusters of these |
| capillaries | the alveoli are surrounded by... |
| 1 | How many cells thick are the walls of alveoli? |
| relax | Signals from your brain tell muscles in your chest to contract and _ _ _ _ _ . |
| breathing rate | When carbon dioxide levels decrease, what else decreases? |
| diaphragm | the muscle below the ribs that moves gas in and out of the lungs |
| cold, flu, pneumonia | Name the three most common respiratory infections |
| bronchitis | a disease in which the bronchioles become irritated and swollen and too much mucus is produced |
| emphysema | a disease in which the alveoli enlarge and block the airway |
| lung cancer | a respiratory disease that an uncontrolled growth of cells causes |
| carcinogens | Smoke, tar, tobacco, etc. all act as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the respiratory system |
| asthma | a respiratory disease in which bronchial tubes contract extremely quickly |
| sweat | The skin is considered an excretory organ because it removes wastes through _ _ _ _ _. |
| excretory | The _________________ system removes wastes. |
| hypothalamus | the part of the brain constantly regulating the amount of water in the blood |
| nephrons | The kidneys are made up of... |
| uterers | Urine drans from kidneys to bladder through tubes called ______________. |
| urine | If there is little water in the blood, hormones tell the kidneys to decrease the amount of _ _ _ _ _ and return more water to the blood. |
| liver | What produces urea? |
| dialysis | If both kidneys fail, a person must be filtered by an artificial kidney machine in a process called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. |
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