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| What is the respiratory system responsible for? |
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| Breathing (which is only part of the process of respiration) |
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| Where is the respiratory system located? |
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| How can the respiratory system be divided? |
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| Upper and lower respiratory tract |
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| What does the upper respiratory tract do? |
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| Moves air from the nostrils to the lower respiratory tract |
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| Through the nostils to the nasal passages, then through the pharynx and larynx |
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| What does the larynx determine? |
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| How much air enters the trachea and lower respiratory tract |
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| What is the trachea commonly called? |
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| What does the trachea divide into? |
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| 2 bronchi, which enter the lungs and further divide into numerous smaller bronchioles, the smallest of which end with alveoli, the sac-like structures where capillaries exchange gases. |
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| What are airways lined with? |
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| By small, hairlike projections called cilia. |
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| The muscles which seperates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity, and which controlls inhaling and exhaling. When the diaphram relaxes, air is released. |
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| A normal, resting horse has a respiration rate of what? |
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