LESSON 5: A5- Respiration Flashcards
How do our lungs work?
- Autonomic nervous system is what makes the respiratory system work
- As the body prepares to take in O2, this system sends signals to muscles around your lungs
-This thewn flattens the diaphragm and contracts the intercostal msucls between your ribs
- This cretaes more spcae for your lungs to expand
- Ait then enters nose and mouth through trachea and into bronchi that split the tracheas base, one enters each lung
-tree branch looking structure divides into thousands of their passages called bronchioles
- Bronchioles run throughout the parenchyma tissue
- At the end of eachy bronchiole nis a little air sack called an alevouls
- Alevouls are wrappyed in capillairess, full of red blood cells
-the red blood cells contain hemoglobin
-The air you breathe fills the alveolus which inflates your lungs
-Difussion occurs. Capalieres are packed with CO2, air sacks are filled with O2. Molecules fo each gas move to a place of lower concentration
-Oxygen corsses over to the capaliilers, hemoglobin then rgabs the O2 while CO2 is un.oaded into the lungs
-Oxygen-rich hemoglobin is transported throughout the body via bloodstream
-Autonomic nervous system starts again casuing the diaphragm to ball up and the intercostal muscles to relax
-This makes chest acviuty smaller and forces lungs to compress
-CO2 is expelled and cycle begins again
The air we breathe in is a mixture of gases including
78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1% Argon, 0.04% Carbon Dioxide and trace amounts of other gases
Oxygen is a key reactant in…
aerobic cellular respiration, the process we use to obtain energy from food
About 64% of the energy released during cellular respiration is released as…
thermal energy
ventilation
the process in more complex
organisms that ensures a fl ow of oxygenrich air to the lungs
aerobic cellular respiration
the series of
chemical reactions that occur in the cell
that provide energy and consume oxygen
phosphorylation
the addition of a
phosphate group to a molecule; in aerobic
cellular respiration the phosphate group is
added to ADP, creating the ATP molecule in
which energy is stored
The other 36% of the energy is stored…
In ATP (adenosine triphosphate)
-ATP is used by cells to power almost all of their processes
ATP is formed when…
- energy from the breakdown of glucose is
used to attach a phosphate group (P) onto a molecule called adenosine diphosphate
(ADP).
-The process that forms ATP from ADP, phosphate, and energy is called
phosphorylation. For each molecule of glucose that undergoes cellular respiration, 36 molecules of ATP are formed.
storing energy:
-Glucose molecules break down releasing energy
- Phosphorylation: a phosphate is added to a molecule (adenosine diphosphate [ADP])
-Energy is stored as Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
Really big picture
High energy phosphate is broken
Energy is then created
When released we are then left with AD
When there is extra energy the phosphate…
is then reattached to ADP producing ATP which stors the energu
TRUE OR FALSE: ATP IS CONSTANLY BEING RECYCLED
TRUE
ATP is recycled! When there is extra energy not needed, the phosphate is reattached to ADP, producing ATP which stores the energy (like a rechargeable battery
All of the energy is stored in…
the extra phosphate bond that you can see in ATP (adenosine triphosphate)
How does O2 get to our cells?
Gas Exchange
Gas Exchange
oxygen diffuses into cells, while carbon dioxide diffuses out
Gas Exchange in simple organsisms:
can occur directly through cell membranes to/from surrounding environment (i.e. Jelly Fish)
complex organisms
specialized organs/systems and structures are required
We get the oxygen required for aerobic cellular respiration through…
gas exchange
-This is the process by which oxygen diffuses into, and carbon dioxide diffuses out of our cells
In simple organisms this is done directly through the cell membrane
The human respiratory system has 4 important structural features that allow it to function well:
- A thin permeable respiratory membrane across which diffusion can occur
- A large surface area to facilitate gas exchange
- A good supply of blood
- A breathing system for bringing oxygen rich-air into the system
Inhalation - Nose and Mouth
-Air from the outside enters the respiratory system by your nose and mouth
- Air is warmed and moistened in your nasal passage before it enters the lungs
- The nasal passage is also lined with hairs and mucus to filter out and trap any airborne particles
Why is it important for air to be moist and warm before entering nasal passage?
prevents damage to the thin, delicate tissue of your lung
Inhalation - Upper Tract
- Then, the air will reach the glottis
-and it will NOT be blocked by the epiglottis
- it will be left open to allow the air to enter the trachea
pharynx
throat
glottis
opening to trachea