The Lungs

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The volume of air moved in and out of the lungs with each breath when you are at rest.
tidal volume
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The largest volume of air that can be moved in and out of the lungs.
vital capacity.
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The volume of air that remains in the lungs even after the biggest possible exhalation.
residual volume
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know as inhalation or breathing in
inspiration
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Breathing out or exhalation.
expiration
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This tissue holds the trachea and bronchi open.
cartilage
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This tissue controls the follow of air by constricting the airway.
smooth muscle
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These cells secrete mucus.
goblet cells
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Epithelium cells have little ..... that waft mucus to the back of the throat.
cilia
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The movement of gases by diffusion between an organism and its enviroment across a barrier such as the alveolus wall.
gaseous exchange
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The alveous and capillary walls consist of very thin cells known as....
squamous
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A substance in the lungs that reduces the cohesive forces between the water molecules.
surfactant
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Tiny air filled sacks
alveoli
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A layer of muscular tissue beneath the lungs
diaphragm
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Also known as the windpipe
trachea
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Airways in the lungs that lead from the trachea to the bronchioles
bronchi
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Airways in the lungs that lead from the bronchi to the alveoli.
bronchioles
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Card 2

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The largest volume of air that can be moved in and out of the lungs.

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vital capacity.

Card 3

Front

The volume of air that remains in the lungs even after the biggest possible exhalation.

Back

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Card 4

Front

know as inhalation or breathing in

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Breathing out or exhalation.

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Matthew

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Good but quite hard as contains subject matter not on AQA GCSE B3 specification 

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