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When food energy is converted to ATP energy in the mitochondria of the cell.
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| What is cellular respiration? |
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| lg. surface area, moist, richly supplied with blood, thin walled for diffusion |
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| What are the characteristics of respiratory structures? |
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| It cleans, moistens, and helps warm the air. |
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| What's the function of mucus in the nasal cavity? |
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| They beat toward the pharynx to move mucus and debris to the throat. |
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| What are cavities in the bones of the skull? |
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| They make the skull lighter and help our voice to resonate. |
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| Where are the vocal cords located? |
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| What's the flap of cartilage that covers the larynx? |
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| What prevents food from entering the trachea? |
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| change tension in vocal cords |
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| How is pitch of the voice changed? |
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| change the forcefulness at which air moves across the vocal cords |
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| How is the loudness of the voice varied? |
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| What structure sits below the pharynx and above the trachea? |
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| What is the opening between the vocal cords? |
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| What keeps the trachea from collapsing? |
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| Give the trachea expandability or elasticity. |
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| Why is there a little band of muscle on the backside of the trachea? |
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| What do you call a slit that is made in the trachea to aid someone that is having trouble breathing? |
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| Right has 3 and left has 2. The left has fewer b/c the heart takes up space. |
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| How many lobes do each lung have/ |
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| primary bronchi, secondary bronchi, tertiary bronchi and bronchioles |
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| What are the different branches of the bronchial tree starting from the biggest? |
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| What is the covering on the surface of the lungs called? |
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| What is the lining of the thoracic cavity called? |
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| surface tension from the fluid (mostly water) between the visceral and parietal pleura |
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| What keeps the lungs suctioned to the wall of the thoracic cavity? |
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| Where does gas exchange occur? |
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| What is the scientific name for the throat area? |
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| What tube runs parallel with the trachea and transports food? |
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