Vocabulary
System that helps us breathe
Respiratory system
Tool that measures inhalations & exhalations / lung capacity
What is the Spirometer?
The part of the respiratory system called the windpipe
What is the trachea?
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What is alveoli?
The hollow sacs of gas exchange in the lung
What are the alveoli?
volume of air breathed in one minute without conscious effort
What is the Minute Volume?
One of the two main tubes branching off the trachea
What is the bronchus/bronchi?
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What is pulmonary?
Blood vessel next to alveoli that sends out carbon dioxide, and brings in oxygen
What are the capillaries?
The air leftover in the lungs after exhaling
What is the Residual Volume?
Small tubes that branch off the bronchi
What are bronchioles?
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What is Cardiovascular?
These muscles help with the diaphragm in letting us breath.
What are the intercostal muscles?
Air breathed out/in without effort
What is the Tidal Volume?
The voice box
What is the larynx?
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What are the Intercostal Muscles?
The part of the body that holds the lungs and the heart
What is the thoracic cavity?
max amount of air you can exhale after a maximum inhalation
What is the Vital Capacity?
How does the diaphragm work (what happens when you inhale/exhale)?
Diaphragm contracts to let us breath in and relaxes to let us exhale.
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What is Spirometer?