Respiratory System
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Nose | used for inhaling/exhaling and filters air that enters lungs |
| Mouth | used for talking and inhaling/exhaling |
| Tongue | used to talk and open epiglottis |
| Teeth | used to talk |
| Pharynx | used to regulate passage of air to lungs |
| Epiglottis | used to direct air into trachea and to direct food into esophagus. it is a flap |
| Larynx | used to hold vocal chords and to prevent food from going to lower respiratory tract. served as passageway for air to trachea |
| Vocal Chords | used for voice production |
| Trachea | used for carrying air |
| Bronchus | used as passageway to bronchioles |
| Bronchioles | used for alveoli to be on and for air to get to alveoli |
| Alveolus | used to exchange blood with capillaries |
| Capillaries | used to exchange blood with alveoli |
| Heart | used to pump blood |
| Arteries | used as passegeways for O2+/CO2- blood |
| Veins | used as passageways for O2-/CO2+ blood |
| Lungs | used to breathe |
| Diaphragm | muscle that is used to inhale/exhale |
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