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What is the scientific name for the windpipe?
Trachea
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What is the enlarged area at the top of the windpipe known as?
Larynx
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What lines the tubes of the trachea, bronchioles and bronchi?
Mucus and Cilia
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What is the cavity called that holds the lungs?
The thorax
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What is the domed sheet of muscle that separates the lungs and digestive system?
The diaphragm
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What is the scientific terminology for breathing in and out?
inspiration and respiration
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What is the role of the pleural membranes?
Enables the lungs to inflate and deflate andd preventing friction as the lungs move
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What is the optimal temperature for humans?
37 degrees c
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What does ATP stand for?
Adenosine Triphosphate
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What is peak flow?
Rate of expired air, measured on a handheld device
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What is the cause of cystic fibrosis?
Defective gene in one of our chromosomes
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What is the main cause of emphysema?
Long term smoking
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Name three symptoms of asthma
wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath or tight chest
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What is the role of blue inhalers?
relievers, dilates the bronchi during an attack
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What is the role of red/brown/orange inhalers?
preventors, reduces the sensitivity and inflammation in the bronchi
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What is the enlarged area at the top of the windpipe known as?

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Larynx

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What lines the tubes of the trachea, bronchioles and bronchi?

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Card 4

Front

What is the cavity called that holds the lungs?

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Card 5

Front

What is the domed sheet of muscle that separates the lungs and digestive system?

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