PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY | The Kevin-49 Virus is continuing to spread throughout the nation. Please use caution outdoors.
Embedded Files
Welcome to the Respiration System.
Interested in learning more about the respiration system
The respiration system is a network of organs which work together to echange oxygen and carbon dioxide between the body with its environment- thanks to the different organs of nose, mouth, the tachea, bronchi, lungs, and alveoli serving as the major parts of the respiration system. The nose and mouth is where inhalation and the intake of oxygen will begin. It will pass through the phaynx and the larynx, and thats where it will enter the teachea- a muscular tube that acts as a passageway for air to travel through and access the lungs. The traechea then seperates and splits into 2 bronchi, where oxygen intake will then enter the lungs and branch out into smaller tubes known as "bronchioles"- a tree like structure. At the end of the broncholes are alveoli, where oxygen will diffuse into the bloodstream. It is also during this process when carbon dioxide will diffuse from the bloodstream into the alveoli, and will be expelled from our body. These lungs are surronded by muscles, including the piaphragm. This muscle is responsible for regulating the amount of air entering and leaving the lungs during breathing. In this section, we will be better understanding the respiration system, and how it plays in sustaining the circulatory system. Are they closely related?
12-20
Breaths per minute is how much the average person tends to breath! Thats the average respitory rate
6
Litres is the maximum amount of air that our lungs are capable of holding at once. Incredible!
400M+
Respitory Muscle fibers make up the human diaphragm! Again, that's 400 MILLION!
Your lungs- the major organ of the human respiration system.
The lungs are one of the most important organs of our bodies, responsible for the exchange of oxygen and our waste product of carbon dioxide between the body and our enviornment. During inhalation, the lungs intake oxygen that we breath and take it to the bloodstream through the aveoli and through diffusion. The oxygen which we breath can help to also remove carbon dioxide, a waste product produced by our cells during ceullular respiration by exhaling it into the environment. The process of respiration, or cellular respiration help to fuel our bodies with both energy, and oxygen- and its important to remember that they are 2 different types of respiration. It is important to note that respiration and cellular respiration are not the same things. Respiration refers to the process of breathing, while cellular respiration refers to the metabolic process by which cells produce energy from food. As we intake air, they are taken into our alveoli. Our lungs work as a sponge. Little holes allow for oxygen to enter, and as it expands, the surface area will expand- similar to what we've seen with villi in our human digestive system. Pulmonary circulation is a separate system that regulates blood flow to and from the lungs, providing the body with oxygen-rich blood and removing carbon dioxide.
Normally, the heart has two upper chambers and two lower chambers. Blood enters the right and left atria, the upper chambers. Blood is pumped from the heart by the stronger right and left ventricles, which are the lower chambers. The gates at the chamber openings are the heart valves, which maintain blood flow in the proper direction.
The respiration system and the circulatory system are closely related and help to support each other. The respiration system takes oxygen from the air and diffuses it into our bloodstream through the alveoli. In contrast, the circulatory system is responsible for carrying oxygen-rich blood to return carbon dioxide-rich blood into the lungs where it can be expelled from the body. Following diffusion into the bloodstream from the lungs during inhalation, oxygen binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells and travels to the body's cells. The waste product carbon dioxide, produced by cells during cellular respiration, diffuses from the bloodstream into the lungs to be exhaled simultaneously.
Nose and Mouth : Oxygen is inhaled, and carbon dioxide is released.
Pharynx : The divider of food, and oxygen.
Trachea : Where oxygen goes from the mouth/nose, into the lungs.
Bronchi : Air passage ways which transfers air into smaller passage ways.
Bronchioles : Smaller air passages which transfers air into the alveoli.
Alveoli : Tiny air sacs in lungs where diffusion occurs, and oxygen is diffused into the bloodstreams.
Diaphram : The diaphragm is a muscle that separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities and plays a key role in the process of breathing.
Google Sites
Report abuse