Structures of the respiratory syrstem
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precious611 on May 7, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 nose | warm air brings air to the pharynx |
| pharynx | opening where food,drinks,and air pass splits into ztubes |
| trachea | brings air from larynx to bronchi |
| bronchi | 2 branches that go to each lung |
| bronchioles | thousands of tiny tubes that banch off from the branchi |
| lungs | 2 songe like organs |
| alveoli | bronchioles branch into thousands of tiny air sacs GAS EXCHANGE |
| diaphragm | dome shaped muscle underneath the lungs |
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