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| tiny air sacs at the ends of the bronchioles in the lungs |
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| tubes branching from the trachea and directing air into each lung |
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| tubes from the bronchi that lead to clusters of alveoli |
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| muscle sheet at bottom of chest cavity; contraction of this muscle draws air into lungs |
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| organism who body temperature is determined by the environment temp. |
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| food source for developing plant embryos |
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| organism who body temperature is maintained independent of environmental temp. |
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| flap at the tap of the trachea that prevents food from entering or blocking air pathway |
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| the collection of chemical reactions that occur in organisms |
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| opening in arthropod body wall through which air enters trachea |
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| metabolic patterns of organisms |
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| air tube leading from back of mouth down into chest cavity the "windpipe" |
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| tiny tubes in insect body that deliver oxygen direclty to metabolizing tissues |
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