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| What are the functions of the respiratory system? |
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Definition
| gas exchange, production of sound waves for speech, and controls body pH by controlling amount of CO2 in body |
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| What structures are in the upper respiratory tract? |
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| What are the structures of the lower respiratory tract? |
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Definition
| larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, lungs |
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| What are the accessory organs of the respiratory system? |
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Definition
| oral cavity, rib cage, diaphragm |
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| What nerve serves the diaphragm? |
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Definition
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| What kind of muscle is the diaphragm? |
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Definition
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| Define the respiratory zone. |
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Definition
| actual site of gas exchange |
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| Define the conducting zone. |
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Definition
| passageway down to the respiratory zone |
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Term
| What forms the nasal septum? |
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Definition
| perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone, vomer, and cartilage of the septum |
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| What separates the nasal from the oral cavity? |
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Definition
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| What bones contain the nasal sinuses? |
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Definition
| ethmoid, frontal, maxillary, and sphenoid |
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Term
| What are the external nares? |
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Definition
| the holes where your finger goes |
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Term
| What are the internal nares? |
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Definition
| right after the nasal cavity before the nasopharynx |
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| What lines the nasal cavity? |
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Definition
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| What is the function of the nose? |
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Definition
| warms, moistens, and filters air you are breathing in and organ of smell |
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