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| What carries oxygen in the red blood cells? |
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| What are the cartilage rings doing? |
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| What is the mucus for in the windpipe? |
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| What are the cilia for in the windpipe? |
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| Move the dirty mucus away from lungs |
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| What are the air sacs for? |
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| They are surrounded by capillaries to allow gaseous exchange. |
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| What is the effect of car fumes on the body? |
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| What is the effect of glue sniffing on the body? |
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| Lung, heart and brain damage. |
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| Are arteries thick-walled or thin-walled? |
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| Thick walled because the blood leaves the heart under pressure |
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| Which bits of the heart collect the blood? |
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| Which bit of the heart pump the blood to the lungs |
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| Which bit of the heart pump the blood to the body |
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| Which ventricle has a thicker wall? |
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| The left ventricle because it needs to pump the blood around the whole body. |
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| What causes heart attacks? |
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| When coronary arteries get blocked. |
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| Found in veins, make sure blood goes only one way |
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| Are capillaries thin or thick walled? |
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| Thin walled to allow exchange of gas, food and waste with body cells. |
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| Are veins thin or thick walled? |
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| Thin walled because the blood is not under pressure. |
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| What happens during recovery time? |
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| Removal of accumulated waste products (carbon dioxide + lactic acid) |
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| Carrying dissolved food + carbon dioxide + food around the body |
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| Carry oxygen around the body. |
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| Seal cuts by clotting the blood. |
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| What is immunisations for? |
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| Helps the body to produce antibodies before bacteria are present. |
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| Why do we die if the coronary artery is blocked? |
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| No more oxygen gets to the heart which dies. |
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| What causes the blockage of arteries? |
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| Blood clots or fat deposit |
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