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  • What is the primary function of the lungs?
    To exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide
  • How do the lungs facilitate respiration?
    By taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide
  • Where are the lungs located in the body?
    In the thorax
  • What separates the lungs from the lower part of the body?
    The diaphragm
  • What shape are the lungs described as?
    Big pink sponges
  • What protects the lungs?
    The ribcage
  • What surrounds the lungs?
    Pleural membranes
  • What is the pathway of air into the lungs?
    Through the trachea, then bronchi
  • What are the two tubes that the trachea splits into?
    Bronchi
  • What do bronchioles lead to?
    Alveoli
  • Where does gas exchange occur in the lungs?
    In the alveoli
  • What are alveoli?
    Small air sacs in the lungs
  • How many alveoli are in the lungs?
    Millions
  • What surrounds the alveoli?
    A network of blood capillaries
  • What happens to carbon dioxide in the alveoli?
    It diffuses into the alveolus
  • What is the process of oxygen diffusion in the alveoli?
    Oxygen diffuses from alveoli to blood
  • What happens to oxygen when blood reaches body cells?
    It diffuses into the body cells
  • What happens to carbon dioxide in body cells?
    It diffuses into the blood
  • What is the formula to calculate breathing rate?
    Breathing rate = breaths ÷ minutes
  • If Kerry takes 91 breaths in 7 minutes, what is her breathing rate?
    13 breaths per minute
  • What does the circulatory system carry to cells?
    Food and oxygen
  • What is another function of the circulatory system?
    To collect waste products
  • What are the main components of the circulatory system?
    Heart, blood vessels, and blood
  • What type of circulatory system do humans have?
    A double circulatory system
  • What does the right ventricle do?
    Pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs
  • What does the left ventricle do?
    Pumps oxygenated blood to the body
  • What prevents blood from flowing backwards in the heart?
    Valves
  • What happens when the atria contract?
    Blood is pushed into the ventricles
  • What happens when the ventricles contract?
    Blood is forced into the pulmonary artery and aorta
  • What do coronary arteries supply?
    Oxygenated blood to the heart
  • What controls the resting heart rate?
    A group of cells in the right atrium
  • What do pacemaker cells produce?
    A small electric impulse
  • What does an artificial pacemaker do?
    Controls heartbeat with electric current
  • What are the three main types of blood vessels?
    Arteries, capillaries, veins
  • What do arteries do?
    Carry blood away from the heart
  • What is the structure of artery walls?
    Thick and strong to withstand pressure
  • How do arteries help push blood along?
    They contract and relax
  • What is the thickness of capillary walls?
    One cell thick
  • What is the function of capillaries?
    Exchange materials at tissues
  • What do veins do?
    Carry blood back to the heart