RESPIRATION Flashcards
act of breathing takes in oxygen and giving off the CO2 process of gas exchange
respiration
2 types of respiration
pulmonary, cellular
what are the respiratory centers?
medulla oblongata and pons
muscles of inspiration
sternocleidomastoid
scalenes
serratus anterior
external intercostals
diaphragm
muscles of expiration
internal intercostals
transversus thoracis
obliques
rectus abdominis
- involves the external intercostal muscles and other accessory muscles (sternocleidomastoid)
- observed by the movement of the chest upward and outward
costal / thoracic breathing
- involves contraction and relaxation of diaphragm
- observed by movement of abdomen
diaphragmatic / abdominal
common type of breathing in women
costal / thoracic
common type of breathing in men
diaphragmatic
common type of breathing in children
abdominal
normal average and range of newborn
35 (30-60)
normal average and range of 1 year old
30 (20-40)
normal average and range of 5-8 years old
20 (15-25)
normal average and range of 10 years old
19 (15-25)
normal average and range of a teen
18 (15-20)
normal average and range of an adult
16 (12-20)