Circulatory & Respiratory Systems

Question 0

What does the respiratory system do?

Answer 0

It allows oxygen to be supplied to the body and carbon dioxide is removed from the body.

Question 1

What does the circulatory system do?

Answer 1

It transfers the energy produced in respiration to the parts of the body that need it.

Question 2

What happens in a muscle cell during physical activity?

Answer 2

You need oxygen to get ATP(energy). Blood carried oxygen to cells > heart pumps the blood > whilst doing exercise heart rate will increase > to pump blood quicker.

Question 3

If circulatory system is struggling to get rid of carbon dioxide what happens?

Answer 3

pH will drop and let our body know there is an issue

Question 4

What is another second sign if all is not well in the body?

Answer 4

Heat produced by muscles leads to temperature rise - releasing oxygen from OXYHEMOGLOBIN

Question 5

Remember what ATP is?

Answer 5

How energy is made available to cells

Question 6

If we have made lactic acid, where is it transported?

Answer 6

The liver

Question 7

Why do we carry on breathing heavy after we have stopped exercising?

Answer 7

we need extra oxygen to go to the liver and convert lactic acid into ATP

Question 8

What are the useful things for monitoring a persons circulatory/respiratory system?

Answer 8

• breathing rate
• heart rate
• blood oxygen concentration
• blood lactic acid concentration

Question 9

The way in which the heart and lungs of an individual are functioning can give a good indication of what?

Answer 9

The general state of health of a person

Question 10

What are useful physiological indicators?

Answer 10

Heart rate, ventilation rate & the chemical state of the blood in circulation.