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Khan Academy: Sneeze, Cough, and Hiccup

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Learn how our brain receives information from mechanoreceptors and then responds by controlling muscles in a well-coordinated system, and how all of this can lead to a sneeze, a cough, or even a hiccup! Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. [8:40]

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exhale, inhale, mechanoreceptors, respiratory system, trachea, vocal cords, khan academy, khan academy: sneeze, cough, and hiccup, diaphragm, external intercostal muscles, internal intercostal muscles, reflexes of breathing
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional