respiratory Flashcards
whta is respi sytem
furnish oxygen and take away waste products & CO2
2 major task
external- exchanging air body to envi
internal- bringing oxygen cells and removing co2
BREATHING AKA
PULMONARY VENTILATION
2 cycling process of pulmonary ventilation
inhiation- draws gases into lungs, diaphragm contracts
exhalation- forces gases out, diapragm goes upward
external respiration
air from outside come inside nose
nose
- divided by the nasal septum
- containc cilia (hair)
- mositens and warms air
pharynx
“throat”
used by both digestive and rpi systems
common pathway fro air and food
posterial to the nasal cavities
later on becmes the esophagus
larynx
voicebox
contains vocal chords
trachea
eppiglottis- keeps food to not got the trachea
- windpipe
- has rings of cartliage, that helpssupprt trachea and keep it open for air
bronchi
conncts the lungs
- secondary and tertiary bronchi
- bronchioles hair like structure/ branches
alveoli
where gas exchange happens
made up very think walls
direct contact with cappilaries (very small veins?)
gasses diffuese
lungs
priamry organ of respi
has lobes (3 on right lung, and 2 for left– to give space for heart *cardiac notch)