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cooperates with the circulatory system to provide oxygen for body cells and to expel waste carbon dioxide through breathing.
respiratory system
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The drawing of air into the lungs is . It is also called in/halation.
Inspiration
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Expelling air from the lungs, the act of breathing out or letting out ones breath,is expiration.This is the same as .
Exhalation
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pretains to the lungs
pulmon/ary
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The nose, nasal cavity,paranasal sinuses, pharynx, and larynx comprise the?
Upper respiratory tract
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The trachea , bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, and lungs belong to the ?
Lower respiratory tract
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-epiglott(o) epiglottis
-laryng(o) larynx
-nas(o),rhin(o) nose
-palat(o) palate
-pharyng(o) pharynx
-sin(o), sinus(o) sinus
Upper Respiratory tract
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-alveol(o) alveoli
-bronch(o), bronchi(o) bronchi
-bronchiol(o) bronchioles
-lob(o) lobe
-phren(o) diaphragm or mind
-pleur(o) pleura
-pneumon(o),pulm(o), pulmon(o)lungs
Lower respiratory tract
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-action process
-capnia carbon dioxide
-pnea breathing
-ptysis spitting
Suffixes
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acid(o) acid
alkal(o) alkaline;basic
ox(i) oxygen
phas(o) speech
phon(o) voice
spir(o) to breathe
Word parts used to describe function
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Air firs enters the body through the?
Nose
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Air then passes over the vocal cords in the larynx before reaching the trachea, also known as the windpipe. the trachea divides into two primary bronchi, which divide further into many . Oxygen and carbon dioxide are changed with the alveoli.
bronchioles
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Literal interpretation of para/nasal sinuses means the air cavaites the nose
Nose
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the hollow interior of the nose is seperated into right and left cavities by the
Nasal septum
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means inside(within) the nose
endonasal
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means behind the nose and means above the nose
Retro/nasal and supra/nasal
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refers to the palate
Palatine
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