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1. | A flap-like, cartilaginous structure that covers the opening of the trachea when food is being swallowed. |
2. | The movement of a gas from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. |
3. | The maximum amount of air that can be exhaled. |
4. | A thin, fluid filled membrane that surrounds the outer surface of the lungs and lines the inner wall of the chest cavity. |
5. | The amount of air that can forcibly be inhaled after a normal inhalation. |
7. | Tiny sacs of the lung in which the exchange of gases between the atmosphere and blood occur. |
8. | The amount of air inhaled and exhaled in a normal breath. |
9. | Tiny blood vessels that surround the alveoli and are the sites of fluid and gas exchange. |
10. | All of the processes that supply oxygen to the cells of the body. |
12. | The process of inhalation. (taking air in) |
13. | The opening that branches of the pharynx and carries air from the mouth to the lungs. |
14. | A dome-shaped sheet of muscle that separates the organs of the chest cavity from the organs of the abdominal cavity and regulates pressure in the chest. |
15. | Tiny hair-like protein structures found on cells that line the trachea. They function to sweep foreign debris out of the respiratory tract. |
18. | The passageway from the trachea to the right or left lung. |