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Functional Anatomy
The Respitory System - 9.8.06
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09/03/2006

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What is the respiratory system responsible for?
Definition
Breathing (which is only part of the process of respiration)
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Where is the respiratory system located?
Definition
Thoracic (chest) cavity
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How can the respiratory system be divided?
Definition
Upper and lower respiratory tract
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What does the upper respiratory tract do?
Definition
Moves air from the nostrils to the lower respiratory tract
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How is air taken in?
Definition
Through the nostils to the nasal passages, then through the pharynx and larynx
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What does the larynx determine?
Definition
How much air enters the trachea and lower respiratory tract
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What is the trachea commonly called?
Definition
the windpipe
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How long is the trachea?
Definition
75-80 cm
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What does the trachea divide into?
Definition
2 bronchi, which enter the lungs and further divide into numerous smaller bronchioles, the smallest of which end with alveoli, the sac-like structures where capillaries exchange gases.
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What are airways lined with?
Definition
mucous membranes
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How is air filtered?
Definition
By small, hairlike projections called cilia.
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What is the diaphram?
Definition
The muscles which seperates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity, and which controlls inhaling and exhaling. When the diaphram relaxes, air is released.
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A normal, resting horse has a respiration rate of what?
Definition
10 breaths/minute
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