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| a tubelike passageway for both food and air through which inhaled air passes after it is warmed and moistened in the nasal cavity |
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| the airway to which the vocal chords are attached |
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| the cartilage-reinforced tube that remains open and connects with the bronchi |
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| the two short branches at the lower end of the trachea that carry air into the lungs |
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| located in the lungs, the tiny, thin-walled sacs arranged in grape-like clusters at the end of each bronchiole |
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| the muscle beneath the lungs that contracts and relaxes with breathing and that helps move air in and out of the body |
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| a long-lasting respiratory disease in which the bronchial tubes are irritated and too much mucus is produced |
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| a respiratory disease in which the alveoli in the lungs lose their ability to expand and contract |
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| a lung disorder in there may be shortness of breath, wheezing, or coughing and that may occur as an allergic reaction |
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| the system of excretory organs that rids the blood of wastes produced by the metabolism of nutrients, controls blood volume by removing excess water produced by body cells, and balances concentrations of certain salts and water |
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| a bean-shaped organ of the urinary system that is made up of about one million nephrons and that filters blood to produce waste liquid |
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| a tiny filtering unit of the kidney |
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| the waste liquid of the urinary system, containing excess water, salts, and other wastes |
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| the tube that leads from the kidney to the bladder |
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| the muscular, elastic organ that holds urine until it leaves the body |
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| the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body |
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