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The respiratory system is responsible for taking in _____ and removing _____ ____ from the body. |
oxygen carbon dioxide |
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Brain cells begin dying in just ___ minutes with no oxygen. Brain death occurs at ___ minutes. |
4 10 |
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The respiratory system allows cellular respiration to occur for ____ production. |
ATP |
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Cellular respiration occurs in the ________. |
mitochondria |
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The mitochondria use _______ and ______ to make ATP (energy). |
glucose and oxygen |
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Cellular respiration also creates _____ ______ which returns to the capillaries > veins > lungs > alveoli to be removed from the body. |
carbon dioxide |
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The trachea allows passage of ___ into the lungs. The trachea is AKA the _________. |
air windpipe |
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The bronchi (or bronchus) carries air from the _____ to the right and left lung. |
trachea |
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The bronchioles are smaller tubes branching from the ______ that carry air to the _____. |
bronchus alveoli |
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The alveoli are tiny sacs within our lungs that allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to move between our _____ and the _______. |
lungs bloodstream |
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The diaphragm is a _____-shaped muscle under the lungs that flattens when it ________ and moves downward. |
dome contracts |
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The diaphragm contracting has the biggest effect on expanding the _____ ______ which draws air into the lungs. |
rib cage
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