SCIENCE: The Body
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rslaughter on May 11, 2011
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Chapter 1, Lesson 1-3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1/5 | How much of the air your breathe is oxygen |
| the nose | How does air first enter your body |
| respiratory system | What is the system that connects notes, lungs, and tubes called? |
| Trachea | What party of the body is divided into two bronchial tubes |
| carbon dioxide | Air that you exhale is filled with what gas |
| oxygen | Air that we breathe in is rich in what gas |
| air sacs | The exchange of of carbon dioxide for oxygen takes place in what part of the body |
| red blood cells | how is the oxygen we breath delivered to the cells in the body |
| diaphragm | What is the large muscle that contracts to bring air into the lungs |
| through the veins | After red blood cells relsease their oxygen, how do the red blood cells flow back to the heart |
| energy | How do cells repair damage and grow |
| carbon dioxide | What do cells produce when they use energy to release oxygen from sugar |
| oxygen and food | What do all living organisms need to stay alive |
| capillaries | What are the small blood vessels that blood cells travel through in a single file |
| nutrients | What does your disgestive system change the nourishing food you eat into |
| cell wastes that contain nitrogen | What is produced when cells break down nitrogen |
| crossing into the capillaries | How does waste leave the cells and enter the body |
| kidneys | What organ in your body releases salts and extra water |
| lungs | What part of your body releases carbon dioxide |
| Urine | What is produced slowly but constantly by the body and stored temporarily in the urinary bladder |
| breath | How does the body release excrete water on warm days |
| one million | About how many tiny tubes in the kidney filter waste from the blood |
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