The Respiratory System
Movement of air into the lungs.
What is inspiration/inhalation?
Carry blood away from the heart.
Processes food, absorbs nutrients, and eliminates wastes.
What does the digestive system do?
Filters blood, removes excess water, salts, minerals and other waste products as well as assisting to regulate blood pressure.
What does the urinary system do?
Returns tissue fluids back to the bloodstream and helps defend the body against infection and disease.
What does the lymphatic/immune system do?
The mechanical process of moving air in and out of the body.
What is ventilation?
Blood components that help with clotting.
What are platelets?
An organ where material is churned with digestive chemicals.
What is the stomach?
An organ that stores urine.
A pair of lymph nodes in the posterior oral cavity.
What are the tonsils?
12-20/minute
What is the average adult respiratory rate?
Blood cells that carry oxygen.
What are red blood cells?
The mouth and/or pharynx.
Where does the digestive system begin?
An organ that filters blood.
What is the kidney?
An organ where white blood cells filter the blood.
What is a lymph node?
Gases exchange in the cells.
What happens during respiration?
The capillaries.
Where does the exchange of gases, nutrients and wastes occur?
An organ where excess water is removed from material before elimination of waste.
What is the large intestine?
What is the urethra?
In the larynx.
Where are the vocal cords located?
The pulmonary vein.
Which vein carries oxygenated blood?
A rhythmic movement of material through the digestive tract.
What is peristalsis?
A tube that carries urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
What is the ureter?