Animal physiology respiration and circulation

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these are warm, clean and add moisture to the air
nasal passages
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tiny air sacs adapted for gaseous exchange
alveoli
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stops food getting into lungs when you swallow
epiglottis
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alveoli have a large surface area, a rich blood supply and
short diffusion distances
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tobacco destroys ... so dirt and bacteria cannot be removed
cilia
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carbon monoxide binds to
haemoglobin
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these have thick muscular walls
arteries
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these have walls that are very thin
capillaries
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when chambers of the heart contract and force the blood out into the arteries, this is called
systole
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When the heart relaxes and fills, it is in
diastole
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humans have a
double circulation
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these are cells fragments which help you clot the blood
platelets
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you can be given artificial immunity to a disease by
vaccination
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substances move by ... between the blood and the cells through the tissue fluid
diffusion
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when there is inhalation external intercostal muscles
contract
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when there is exhalation, internal intercostal muscles
contract
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tar and other chemicals cause cells to
mutate
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...brings deoxygenated blood into the heart
vena cava
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...carries oxygenated blood around the body
aorta
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...takes deoxygenated blood to the lungs
pulmonary artery
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tiny air sacs adapted for gaseous exchange

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alveoli

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stops food getting into lungs when you swallow

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alveoli have a large surface area, a rich blood supply and

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tobacco destroys ... so dirt and bacteria cannot be removed

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