The human respiratory system

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What is not the job of the respiratory system?
To make energy through respiration
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what needs a respiratory system because the diffusion of oxygen through the surface would be too slow?
Large animals
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What are the organs of gas exchange in humans?
Lungs
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On a diagram, what side would your right lung be?
Left
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What are at the end of the bronchioles?
Alveoli
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Where does gas exchange take place?
Alveoli
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What is very close (side by side) with the wall of the alveolus?
Wall of the capillary
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What is around the red blood cells?
Plasma
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The large number of alveoli provides a ____________ for gas exchange
Large surface area
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The thin wall of the alveoli means that gas can pass through..
Easily and quickly
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What does the moist lining of the alveoli allow to dissolve before it diffuses through the wall?
Oxygen
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What do alveoli have so that more gases can be exchanged?
A good blood supply
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Inspired air is....
Air breathed in
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Expired air is...
Air breathed out
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Which has less oxygen?
Expired air
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Which has less carbon dioxide?
Inspired air
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Which has less water vapour?
Inspired air
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What happens when you breathe in?
The diaphragm moves down and the ribs move up and out
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What happens to the volume of the thorax when you breathe in?
Increases
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