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respiratory system
–noun Anatomy.
| the system by which oxygen is taken into the body and an exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place; in mammals the system includes the nasal passages, pharynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs. |
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1935–40
1935–40
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respiratory system  (click for larger image in new window) n. The integrated system of organs involved in the intake and exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between an organism and the environment. |
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respiratory system [(res-puh-ruh-tawr-ee)]
The organs in the body involved in respiration. Air enters the body through the nose and mouth and travels down the trachea, through the bronchial tubes, and finally into the lungs. Once in the lungs, the air is drawn into an enormous number of thin-walled sacs richly supplied with capillaries. The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood takes place in these tiny sacs.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Main Entry: respiratory system
Function: noun
: a system of organs functioning in respiration and consisting especially of the nose, nasal passages, nasopharynx, larynx,trachea, bronchi, and lungs called also respiratory tract; —see LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT,
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respiratory system n.
The integrated system of organs involved in the intake and exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the body and the environment and including the nasal passages, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, and lungs.
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respiratory system
(click for larger image in new window) The system of organs and structures in which gas exchange takes place, consisting of the lungs and airways in air-breathing vertebrates, gills in fish and many invertebrates, the outer covering of the body in worms, and specialized air ducts in insects. |
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