🫁Respiratory System and Cell Respiration 🧫 Flashcards
Aerobic respiration
Respiration in oxygen
What removes poisonous CO2?
The human respiratory system 🫁
Where is the respiratory system located?
Inside the thorax
Where does air enter the respiratory system?
Nasal cavity 👃
What happens in the nasal cavity?
- Air enters
- Air is warmed
- Air is filtered
Where are pleural membranes located?
- line the chest wall (ribs)
- outside of the lungs 🫁
Space between pleural membranes
Pleural cavity 🦷
Pleural fluid
Reduces friction between lungs 🫁 and inside of chest wall 🧱
Alveoli
Gas exchange takes place here
Ribs
Protect the lungs from damage
Intercostal muscles
Muscles in between ribs that can contract and relax
Trachea
First tube of the respiratory system with rings of cartilage
Pleural membranes
Reduce friction between the lungs and the chest wall
Bronchi
There are two of these that take air to each lung 🫁
Diaphragm
A large muscle that separates the thorax and the abdomen