part 1 Flashcards
step 1
We inhale air through out nose. The air enters out nasal cavity where it is moistened, filtered, and warmed.
step 2
Air continues down past the back of your though known as the pharynx and then past the epiglottis which prevents food from entering.
step 3
Next the air travels down the trachea until it comes to the bronchi that branch off into the left and right lungs.
step 4
The tubes bringing the air into your body get smaller and smaller. These tubes are now call bronchioles.
step 5
At the end of these tubes are little sacs called alveoli. Here a gas exchange takes place.
step 6
Oxygen is transferred out of the air and into the blood carried in the capillaries that surround the alveoli.
step 7
At the same time carbon dioxide is being transferred from the blood back into the alveoli.
step 8
The air containing carbon dioxide is breather out as your diaphragm flexes up causing you to exhale.