Respiration and The Respiratory System

Question 1

What is respiration?

Answer 1

The process of transferring energy from glucose which goes on in every cell

Question 2

What are the two types of respiration ?

Answer 2

aerobic and anaerobic

Question 3

What does the respiratory system consist of ?

Answer 3

Mouth + nose , trachea , bronchi , bronchioles , lungs , alveoli

Question 4

What happens when you inhale ?

Answer 4

Diaphragm + intercostal muscles - contract

Thorax volume - Increase

Pressure - Decrease

Air flow - In

Question 5

What happens when you exhale ?

Answer 5

Diaphragm + intercostal muscles - Relax

Thorax volume - decrease

Pressure - Increase

Air flow - Out

Question 6

Define Gaseous exchange?

Answer 6

the process where oxygen from the air in the alveoli moves into the blood in the air in the capillaries, while carbon dioxide moves from the capillaries into the air in the alveoli.

Question 7

What is homeostasis?

Answer 7

Maintaining a stable internal environment

Question 8

What is the Bohr effect?

Answer 8

When respiratory rate increases there is an increase of CO2 in the blood.

CO2 Dissolves into carbonic acid and this lowers the PH in blood which causes hemoglobin to release more O2 enabling muscles to work at the same rate