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Respiratory system
Question | Answer |
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Epiglottis | Flap of tissue which prevents food from entering the windpipe during swallowing |
Phraynx | Area at the back of the throat where the mouth and the nasal cavity meet. |
Bronchi | The trachea divides into these right and left branches. |
Larynx | Contains the vocal chords |
Diaphram | Flat sheet of muscle separating the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity |
Cappilaries | Blood vessels surrounding the air sacs |
Alveoli | Tiny air sacs where the exchange of gases between air and blood takes place |
Nasal Passage | Oxygen is carried into the lungs and vital organs |
Nostril | Either of the two external openings of the nose. |
Lungs | Either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates |
Pleura | Moist Membrane covering the lung and chest cavity wall on each side. |
Bronchiole | Smaller branches of the bronchi |
Trachea | Tube leading from larynx to bronchi. |