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respiration

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  • What is the tub called that air passes through after entering your mouth or nose?
    Trachea
  • Which organ is below the lungs?
    Diaphragm
  • Why is the left lung smaller than the right lung?
    Because it shares space with the heart
  • where does air enter our body?
    Through our Nose and Mouth
  • Our body needs oxygen to perform_______ and give us ________.
    Nutrition and Energy
  • How many lungs are part of the respiratory system?
    2
  • Your body would not be able to breathe without this system? What is it called?
    Respiratory System
  • When your diaphragm_________ air is drawn in our lungs.
    contracts
  • What is another way to say breathing?
    Respiration
  • which 2 tubes do the trachea lead into?
    bronchi
  • The_____________________ do most of the work when It comes to breathing.
    Lungs
  • what type of air do we breathe in?
    Oxygen
  • Alveoli are covered by tiny blood vessels called
    capillaries
  • What are the tiny air sacs called at the end of the bronchioles?
    Alveoli
  • The tiny tubes inside the lungs that lead air into the air sacs are called the _________________________.
    bronchioles
  • What do we breathe out after oxygen passes through our blood?
    Carbon Dioxide