Respiratory and gas exchange

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  • Created on: 30-01-17 13:52
What is a better word for windpipe?
Trachea
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What is the flap of skin stopping food from entering the lungs called?
Epiglottis
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What does the Trachea split into?
Bronchi
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What hold the trachea open?
Rings of cartilage
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What does the Bronchi split into?
Bronchioles
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What flattens as your breath in?
Diaphram
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What are the "air sacs" on the end of each bronchiole?
Alveoli
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What does the diaphragm do as you breath out?
Domes
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What are the muscles that move your rib cage?
Intercostal muscles
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What does the Alveoli have a good supply of to make the distance for diffusion shorter?
Blood
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What does the moist wall do to help the oxygen?
Dissolve and diffuse it
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What does the Alveoli Collect from the bloodstream and exhale?
Carbon Dioxide
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How thick is the Alveoli wall?
1 cell thick
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What does the Alveoli Diffuse and release into the bloodstream?
Oxygen
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The Alveoli' come in such large numbers, they have a large what?
Surface area
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What is the flap of skin stopping food from entering the lungs called?

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Epiglottis

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What does the Trachea split into?

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What hold the trachea open?

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What does the Bronchi split into?

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