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Respiratory System - Functions and Organs

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  • How is your voice produced?
    Air comes out of the lungs and goes through the larynx. Muscles there move the arytenoids. They push the vocal cords together and cause them to vibrate.
  • This is the...
    Respiratory system
  • Diaphragm
    Diafragma
  • Alveolus
    Alvéolos
  • Did you know that Internal respiration is the process in which the bloodstream delivers Oxygen to cells in your body?
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  • Pulmones
    Lungs
  • Bronquios
    Bronchus
  • Did you know that respiration brings air to body temperature and moisturizes it to the humidity level your body needs?
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  • Adenoids
    Adenoides
  • What is the process of breathing?
    Pulmonary ventilation: Inhaling air, exhaling air.
  • Pharynx
    Faringe
  • What is this process?: When air comes in the nasal cavities, the olfactory fibers receive the chemicals in the air and activate the nervous system receptors, which send a signal to the brain.
    Smelling or olfaction.
  • Sinuses
    Senos
  • Epiglotis
    Epiglottis
  • Cavidad nasal
    Nasal cavity
  • Bronquiolos
    Bronchiole
  • True or false: External respiration is when oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide waste.
    True
  • Amígdalas
    Tonsils
  • Trachea
    Tráquea
  • Larynx
    Laringe
  • Costillas
    Ribs