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Respiratory System Flashcards

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Purpose of the respiratory system

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  • Exchange of gases between atmosphere, blood and cells
  • Take O2 from air and put it into blood
  • Remove CO2 from blood
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Function of the Nasal cavity

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  • Filters, warms and moistens air before it enters the lungs
  • Hair and mucus trap dust
  • A reasoning chamber for speech sounds
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Function of the Pharynx

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  • Air from nasal cavity passes through here
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Function of the Larynx

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  • Air passes through the larynx, going to and from the lungs
  • Contains vocal cords which vibrate to make sound
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Function of the trachea

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  • Carries air to and from the lungs

- Contains cilia that beat to move mucus and trapped particles upward

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Function of the bronchi

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  • Two primary bronchi branch from the trachea

- They then divide into secondary and tertiary bronchi

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Function of the bronchioles

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  • Very fine tubes with walls of smooth muscle

- The finest of them end in groups of air sacks called alveoli

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Function of the alveoli

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  • Tiny air sacks that make up most of the lung
  • They occur in clusters and have very thin walls that are well supplied with blood capillaries for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
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Function of the lungs

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  • Occupy all the chest cavity, except space taken up by the heart
  • Covered in a pleural membrane, also lines inside of chest
  • pleural fluid holds the lungs against the chest
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Function of intercostal muscles

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  • Move the rib cage upwards and outwards to increase the volume of the chest cavity, and lungs, during breathing in
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Function of the diaphragm

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  • Separates chest from abdomen

- Contracts and flattens downwards, thereby increasing the volume of chest cavity and lungs during breathing

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Inspiration

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Breathing in

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Expiration

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Breathing out

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Explain how the membranes with the thoracic cavity allow for inspiration and expiration to occur

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  • membranes within thoracic cavity are separated in a pleural fluid.
  • Fluid holds lungs against inside of chest wall and allows the lungs to slide along the wall when breathing
  • when chest wall expands outwards lungs move with it . Allows lungs to expand and contract with the chest wall movements
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Features of the alveoli

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  • Moist surface
  • Capillary network
  • thin walls
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How do the features of the alveoli help in their function?

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Moist surface - makes it easier for diffusion of gases
Capillary network - Maximise surface area, allows more gases to be exchanged
Thin walls - Faster gas exchange

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What muscles expand and contract the ribcage?

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Intercostal muscle

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What happens to the diaphragm and thorax as we inhale?

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  • The diaphragm contracts downwards

- Thorax increases in volume and decreases in pressure, sucking in air into the lungs

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What happens to the diaphragm and thorax as we exhale?

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  • Diaphragm relaxes upward

- Thorax decreases in volume and increases in pressure, forcing air out of the lungs

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Tiny sack in the lungs

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Alveoli

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The sheet of muscle between the thorax and abdomen

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The diaphragm

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What is the process of swapping oxygen and carbon dioxide called?

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Gas exchange

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Name the process which allows gas exchange across the thin walls of the alveoli

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Diffusion

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How much of oxygen is in inhaled air and exhaled air

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% inhaled air - 21%

% exhaled air - 17%

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How much of carbon dioxide is in inhaled air and exhaled air

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% inhaled air - 0.04%

% exhaled air - 4%

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How much of nitrogen is in inhaled air and exhaled air

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% inhaled air - 78%

% exhaled air - 6.9%

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Respiratory disorders

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  • Asthma
  • Emphysema
  • Tuberculosis
  • Lung Cancer
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Asthma

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Muscles of bronchioles constrict drastically reducing ventilation

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Emphysema

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destruction of alveoli

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Tuberculosis

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Highly contagious bacterial infection

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General equation for cellular respiration in living cells

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Oxygen + glucose –> ATP + carbon dioxide + water

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