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100What is the lung?
The main organ of the respiratory system.
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100What is the nasal cavity and mouth?
Two ways air can enter the body?
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100What is oxygen?
The gas that enters your body during breathing
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100What is the respiratory system?
A collection of organs whose primary function is to take in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide
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100What is asthma?
The most common type; characterized by the inflammation and swelling of the air passageways.
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200What is the larynx?
The area of the throat that contains the vocal cords and produces vocal sounds
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200What is the pharynx?
The passageway from the mouth to the larynx and esophagus
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200What is carbon dioxide?
The gas that exits your body during breathing
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200What is respiration?
the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between living cells and their environment
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200What is lower oxygen levels in the air?
The reason it is harder to breathe at higher elevations
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300What is the pharynx?
The passage from the mouth to the larynx and esophagus
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300What is the trachea?
The long tube-like structure in your throat
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300What is the diaphragm?
The muscle that controls breathing
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300What is alveoli?
Tiny air sacs of the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged
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300What is nicotine?
The addictive drug found in cigarettes
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400What is the trachea?
The tube connecting the larynx and the lungs
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400What are bronchioles?
The smallest branches of the lungs
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400What is inhaling?
The process in which the diaphragm contracts
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400What is the epiglottis?
The flap of skin that prevents food from enter the trachea
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400What are symptoms of an asthma attack?
Wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath
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500What is bronchi?
Two tubes connecting the lungs and trachea
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500What is the alveoli?
Where carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen
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500What is exhaling?
The process in which the diaphragm relaxes
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500What is pleura?
A thin membrane that covers the lungs
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500What is emphysema?
A disorder that damages the lungs and destroys alveoli
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