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What does the respiratory system do? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Brings in oxygen to
go into the cells, and picks up carbon dioxide to be removed from the
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What are the 7 parts of the respiratory system? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. Nose
2. Pharynx
3. Larynx (voice box)
4. Trachea (windpipe)
5. Bronchi
6. Bronchioles
7. Alveoli
,What are alveoli surrounded by to allow the exchange of O2 and CO2? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Capillaries
What is cilia? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Tiny hairs in the nose and trachea that
wave particles up away and out
What is mucus? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Something that keeps the air warm and
moist but also traps particles
What does hemoglobin do? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Carries oxygen through the
blood
What is pleura? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sacs that surround the lungs
What is the diaphragm? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The muscle at the bottom of the
thoracic cavity
What happens during inhalation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Diaphragm moves down
(contracts), rib cage rises, volume of chest cavity increases, air moves in to
fill the space
What happens during exhalation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Diaphragm moves up
(relaxes), rib cage lowers, space becomes smaller, air is pushed out of
lungs
,What does the medulla oblongata do? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Controls breathing
What is chronic bronchitis? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bronchi swell and become
clogged with mucus
What is emphysema? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Tissues in lungs lose elasticity;
tissues can't enough O2 or get rid of enough CO2
What is lung cancer? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Cells that do not stop reproducing;
can spread to other locations because lungs are so central and connected
to so much; survival is generally less then 5 years from diagnosis
What is elastic recoil? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The ability for the alveoli to get
filled with air then return to their normal shape once the air is released
What is a spirometer? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an instrument for measuring the air
capacity of the lungs
What is tidal volume? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The amount of air taken in and
breathed out in a typical breath
What is supplemental volume? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The xtra air that can be
inhaled or exhaled with a deep breath
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, What is reserve amount? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The amount of extra air you can
breathe out when you force air out of your lungs
What is residual amount? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The amount of air in your lungs
that you cannot get rid of (even during forced exhaling)
What is vital capacity? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔All the air you can control going in
or out of your lungs (supplemental + reserve = vital)
What is total capacity? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔From the top of your supplemental
amount to the bottom of your residual volume
Main idea - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the most important or central thought of a
paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is
about
Topic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a particular issue or idea that serves as the subject
of a paragraph, essay, report, or speech
-topic is the general subject of a paragraph
-Topics are simple and are described with just a word or a phrase.
-main idea is a complete sentence; it includes the topic - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔What's the difference between a topic and main idea?