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Main Organs
Parts of the Systems
In and Out
Terms
Common Disorders
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What is the lung?
The main organ of the respiratory system.
100
Two ways air can enter the body?
By the mouth and nasal cavity
100
Oxygen is ?
The gas that enters your body during breathing
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What is the respiratory system?
organs whose primary function is to take in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide
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The most common type; characterized by the inflammation and swelling of the air passageways.
asthma
200
________ is the area of the throat that contains the vocal cords and produces vocal sounds
the larynx
200
_________ is responsible for extracting water from digested food
Large Intestine
200
_______ The gas that exits your body during breathing
Carbon Dioxide
200
________ the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between living cells and their environment
Respiration
200
Constipation
When waste material does not move efficiently through the large intestine because it's too dry
300
What is absorption?
Passage of digested food from digestive track into circulatory system
300
The _____ is the long tube-like structure in your throat
Trachea
300
What is elimination?
The explusion of undigested food or body wastes
300
Nervous tissue sends signals here
The brain
300
________ is the addictive drug found in cigarettes
Nicotine
400
______ Produces bile
Liver
400
______ produces insulin and bicarbonate
Pancreas
400
What is inhaling?
The process in which the diaphragm contracts
400
Epiglottis
__________ prevents food from entering the trachea
400
Dehydration
The main medical danger from diarrhea--can case death in infants in small children
500
_____ are tubes connecting the lungs and trachea
bronchi
500
What happens in the alveoli ?
Carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen
500
the small intestines absorbs ____ and ______ breakdown of food
Nutrients and Chemicals
500
What is the endocrine system ?
Body system that regulates body functions and creates hormones.
500
_______ is a disorder that damages the lungs and destroys alveoli
Emphysema