unit c - respiratory system Flashcards
nasal cavity (passage)
space inside your nose
-warms, moistions and cleans air
inhaling
to breathe in
exhaling
to breathe out
point of the respiratory system
to move two gasses, oxygen and carbon dioxide in and out of our bodies
external respiration
exchanges of gasses from air to lungs to blood
internal respiration
exchange of gasses between blood and cells
cellular respiration
exchanges of gasses within the cells (mitochondria)
-produces the energy that fuels all the cells
two major requirements for respiration
- moisture (gasses need to dissolve)
- large surface area (due to amount of gasses coming out of our lungs)
importance of breathing through your nose
lungs want to stay clean, the nose filters out debris through cilia and mucous
cilia
sweeps
mucous
traps
pharynx
joining nasal cavity and mouth, in the back of the throat
-carries down the esophagus
epiglottis
a flap that seperates the breathing tube from the digesting tube
-stops us from inhaling food and swallowing air
trachea
airway leading from the epiglottis and larynx, where the pharynx turns into esophagus or trachea
-path for oxygen to enter and exit the body
-ringed with cartaledge (structure)
cilia and mucous
larynx
widened portion of the trachea containing the vocal cords
-opens and closes depending on breathing and speaking
open : breathing
smaller kinda closed : breathing and speaking
two branches of trachea
bronchi
bronchi (bronchis singular)
containing cartilage, cilia and mucous
bronchioles
after the bronchi, isn’t made of cartiledge but contain cilia and mucous
-smooth muscle wrapped around to squeeze shut (asthma)
alveoli
after bronchioles
- tiny sacs that have a network of carpilaries wrapped around, to enter bloodstream easily
- great surface area
increase of volume
lower pressure
air moves from areas of
high pressure to low pressure
decrease of pressure
increase of volume
decrease volume
increase pressure
primary muscle of respiration
diaphragm