Biology-Respiration Flashcards

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What is the process of respiration?

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The process of glucose and oxygen reacting in cells to produce energy

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What is respiration?

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How we get the energy we need

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What is the word equation for aerobic respiration?

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Glucose + oxygen –> carbon dioxide + water + energy

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What happens on the respiratory system?

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Oxygen is taken into our bodies via the lungs and carbon dioxide is removed
The oxygen is absorbed into the blood
Travels to the heart and is then pumped to the rest of the body

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What is energy needed for?

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Movement 
Making new chemicals
Growth and repair
Moving substances
Nervous impulses
Temperature regulation
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What are the alveoli?

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Air sacs at the end of the bronchioles

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What is the thorax?

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Upper part of the body

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What is the abdomen?

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Lower part of the body

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What is the trachea?

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Air flows through this

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What is cartilage?

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Keeps airways in trachea open

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What are the pleural membranes?

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These line the lung and inside the rib cage

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What are the two parts of breathing?

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Ventilation

Gas exchange

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What is ventilation?

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Getting air into and out of the lungs

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What is gas exchange?

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Gases (carbon dioxide and oxygen) moving in n and out of the lungs
It’s a two way process-waste gases are removed and oxygen is absorbed

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What dies ventilation consist of?

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Inhaling and exhaling

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What happens when you inhale?

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Diaphragm contracts and flattens
Intercostal muscles contract
Ribs move up and out
Volume of chest cavity increases
Air pressure inside chest cavity/lungs decreases below atmospheric pressure
Air rushes in from the higher pressure outside the mouth, to the area f lower pressure in the lungs

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What happens when you exhale?

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Diaphragm is pushed up into dome shape
Volume decreases
Pressure increases
Air moves out from area of high pressure inside the lungs to area  low pressure inside lungs
Ribs move down and in
Intercostal muscles relax
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What is the volume?

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The amount of space that the lungs take up

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What is the (air) pressure?

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The force exerted inside the lungs

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What does the diaphragm and rib cage do when you exhale?

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Diaphragm moves up

Rib cage moves down and in

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What does the diaphragm and rib cage do when you inhale?

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Diaphragm moves down

Rib cage moves up and out

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What happens in gas exchange?

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When gases diffuse between the air and the blood in the lungs

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Where do the gases move in gas exchange?

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From where there is higher concentration to where there is lower concentration

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How much oxygen do you breathe in and out?

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How much carbon dioxide do you breathe in and out?
0.04% | 4%
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How much nitrogen do you breath in and out?
78%
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How much water vapour do you breath in and out?
A little | A lot
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What are the three main factors that the alveoli depend on for diffusion?
Large surface area Short distance Diffusion gradient
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What does large surface area do?
The larger the surface area, the more gas can diffuse | Breathing in deeper lets the air get to more alveoli and so more oxygen can diffuse into the blood
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What does short distance do?
The walls of the alveoli and the blood capillaries are very thin and close together so that diffusion can happen very quickly
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What does the diffusion gradient do?
Gases move faster when there is a bigger difference in concentration Breathing adds the oxygen to the alveoli and the bloodstream takes if away
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How are alveoli adapted to carry out gas exchange?
Have thin, moist walls so that gas can pass through them Surround by many blood capillaries Are very small, only 0.2mm in diameter and give the lungs a spongy texture and an enormous surface area
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How does asthma develop?
When the bronchial tubes become swollen or inflamed | The muscles around the tubes contract to make the tubes narrow, or the tubes are partly blocked by mucus
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What do swollen bronchial tubes cause?
Narrowing of tubes causes wheezing | Usually happens due to an allergy of dust or chemicals
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What happens in an asthma attack?
The triggers irritate the lining cells of the bronchi, and the body reacts by sending a type of white blood cell to destroy these cells The lining becomes swollen, and mucus produced by the cells become thicker and cannot be removed by the lungs The mucus starts to block the airways
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What is the brown inhaler?
The preventer
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What is the blue inhaler?
The reliever
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How do inhalers work?
By putting a fine spray of chemical around the air tubes inside the lungs-this makes the muscles relax and makes breathing easier
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What are some of the chemicals in cigarettes?
Nicotine Tar Carbon Monoxide Ammonia
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What are the characteristics of nicotine?
``` Colourless chemical Powerful poison Addictive Affects heart, blood vessels and nervous system Narrows coronary arteries Increases risk of blood clots ```
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What are the characteristics of tar?
Sticky brown substance Causes bronchitis, emphysema and cancer Stains teeth and fingers yellow Collects in the lungs
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Waht are the characteristics of carbon monoxide?
Odourless gas | Binds to red blood cells better than oxygen
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What are the characteristics of ammonia?
Strong smelling | Normally used as cleaning fluid