TEST YOUR SELF

1. What is the advantage of having a strong trachea?

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2. What is the common name for the sternum?
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3. What is inhalation?
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4. What is the effect on the thoratic cavity when the diaphragm curves upward into it?
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5. What causes the ribs to move forwards or inwards?
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6. What is diffusion?
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7. What is the important of haemoglobin in the red blood cells?
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8. What is the advantage of an alveolus having a thin moist wall?
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9. To which organ does the oxygenated blood in the lungs first flow?
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10. What gas diffuses from the blood capillaries into the body cells?
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11. What an equation in words to show the chemical reaction in cell respiration?
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12. Give another term for cell respiration?
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13. Name the products of the oxidation of food.
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14. Why do living organisms carry out cell respiration?
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15. Name one acidic gas which corrodes the respiration system?
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16. What substances in the air can block the bronchioles in the lungs?
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17. Name two diseases which are more common in areas where there is smog?
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18. How does nicotine affect our blood vessels?
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19. What is carcinogen?
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20. Name the condition in which the alveoli become weak and cannot expands and contract normally?
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