Respiratory System

Learning Objectives:

16.1 List the general functions of the respiratory system

16.2.2 Name and describe the locations of the organs of the respiratory system

16.3.4 Explain the mechanisms of inspiration and expiration

16.4.6 Locate the respiratory center, and explain how it controls normal breathing

16.6.9 Explain how air and blood exchange gases and how blood transports these gases

Lab: How does lung volume affect external respiration?