How many baby teeth do we have? Permanent teeth? What is the purpose of different shaped teeth?
Answer:
-20 baby teeth
-32 permanent teeth
-The purpose of having different shaped teeth is because they each serve a specfic function: Canine teeth tear, molar teeth grind, and inscisor teeth bite
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Anatomy Respiratory and Digestive System
- What is another name for the larynx?
- What is another name for the pharynx?
- What kind of cartilage is in the trachea and why?
- What is flora? Feces? Flatulence? Defecation?
- What is the large intestine also called? What is the function of the large intestine? How does it compare in size to the small intestine?
- What and where is the appendix? The cecum? The ileocecal valve?
- What does the pancreas look like? What is the function of the pancreas?
- Where is the gallbladder? When and where does it release bile?
- What is the function of the liver? Where is the liver located? What is important about its size?
- What is the primary function of the small intestine? What is the length and width of the small intestine? What are the sections of the small intestine?
- Where are gastric glands located? What is rugae? How long does food take to leave the stomach?
- What is the esophagus? What happens to food here?
- Name and locate the 3 salivary glands. What is the function of saliva?
- What is peristalsis and where does it occur?
- What are the main organs of digestion? What are the accessory organs of digestion? What is the difference?
- What is the function of the digestive system?
- What is a spirometer? Describe all lung capacities. (tidal volume, inspiratory reserve, expiratory reserve, vital capacity, residual volume, and total lung capacity)
- What controls our breathing? What factors affect our breathing?
- Which muscles/structures are assisting normal breathing? When you force inhale? When you force exhale?
- What is the purpose of the diaphragm? How does it work? What controls it? /What does atmospheric pressure have to do with it?
- What are the 4 sinuses? How are they named?
- What is the glottis and epiglottis?
- What is the function of cilia and mucous? What happens to microorganisms that are trapped by the mucous?
- Trace the pathway of respiration. (Extended Response)
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