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Theory
Facilitates gas exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Connects the larynx to the bronchi for air passage.
The right lung has three lobes; the left lung has two.
Site of gas exchange between air and blood.
Muscle that aids in inhalation and exhalation.
The septum prevents mixing of oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood.
Systole (contraction) and diastole (relaxation).
Ensure one-way blood flow through the heart.
Hinge joints allow flexion and extension; ball-and-socket joints allow movement in all directions.
Extends the knee and assists in hip flexion.
Located in the chest, slightly left, between the lungs.
Ventricles contract and push blood into arteries.
It is the outer protective layer of the heart.
Produces sound and protects the airway during swallowing.
Warms, moistens, and filters inhaled air.
Atria receive blood; ventricles pump blood out.