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18 Cards in this Set
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The organs that supply your blood with oxygen
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The respiratory system
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Hair like structures that line inside of nose to trap dirt and particles from air you inhale before reaching the rest of your system
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Cilia
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A flap of tissue in the back of your mouth that keeps food out of your trachea
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Epiglottis
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A passageway in your throat that takes air into and out of your lungs
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Trachea
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2 passageways that branch from the trachea, one to each lung
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Bronchi
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2 large organs that exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide
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Lungs
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Large dome-shaped muscle below the lungs that expands and compresses the lungs, enabling breathing
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Diaphragm
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Important part of the lungs functioning. Tiny air sacs in the lungs
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Alveoli
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Disorder in which airways narrow. Causes wheezing, gasping, coughing
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Asthma
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Illnesses caused by virus
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Cold/Flu
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Disease in which alveoli lose ability to stretch. Extreme difficulty in breathing. Caused by smoking or uncontrolled chronic asthma. No cure and can be prevented by NOT SMOKING
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Emphysema
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Lung infection that makes breathing difficult
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Pneumonia
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Swelling of the bronchi, resulting in fever and a cough
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Bronchitis
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Alveoli destroyed by uncontrolled cell growth. Often caused by smoking
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Lung cancer
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3 main ingredients in tobacco
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1. Nicotine - addictive part
2. Tar 3. Carbon monoxide |
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A mental and/or physical need for drug or substance
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Addiction
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Unpleasant symptoms to occur when someone stops using addictive substance
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Withdrawal
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The body's need for more and more of the substance to get the desired affect
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Tolerance
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