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The Respiratory
System Notes
By: Katherine Pease
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookRESPSYS.html
http://www.lung.ca/children/grades7_12/respiratory/respiratory_system.html
Take a big Breath….
Did your chest move?
Why?
Your Respiratory system
is at work.
My what system?
Respiratory System
–The integrated ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ between an
organism and the environment.
In to other words….
Let’s Take a trip
through your
Respiratory System….
follow me
First Stop in respiratory system…
____ enters the body through the
nose, is warmed, filtered, and
___________________________
________
Air can also enter through your
_____________, your mouth.
Second Stop in respiratory
system…
The ______ then
_________________ the _______
Then into the upper part of the
___________________
–The trachea contains the larynx.
In the ________________________.
The vocal cords are two bands of
tissue that extend across the
opening of the larynx.
These
___________________________
_______________________
Third Stop in respiratory system…
After passing the
___________, the
air moves into the
______________
______________
______________
______________
______
Your _________________are…
_________________________
_________________________
___________ (sing.: bronchus
These tubes take the air
_________________________
_________________________
_
Once inside the Bronchi…
___________________________
__________ known as
bronchioles.
From there they terminate in
grape-like sac clusters known as
_____________________.
Alveoli are…
Tiny, thin-walled,
______________________________
______________________________
They are surrounded by a network of
thin-walled __________________.
Remember: Capillaries are blood
vessels that O2 and CO2 diffuse
through
What helps to move this air in and
out of your lungs?
That would be your diaphragm.
_____________________________
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
_______________
How does my diaphragm do this?
Through the process of
ventilation
___________________is: The
mechanics of breathing in and
out through the use of the
diaphragm and muscles in the
wall of the thoracic cavity.
In other words….
When you ____________,
______________________________
______________, lifting the ribs and
pulling them, outward. The
________________ at this time
______________________________
enlarging the chest cavity. Reduced
air pressure in the lungs causes air to
enter the lungs. Exhaling __________
theses steps.
This a diagram of Ventilation.
Also see website to see in action:
http://www.smm.org/heart/lungs/top.html
Ok, so now you know how your
respiratory system works. But lets
review just to be sure.
http://kidshealth.org/PageM
anager.jsp?lic=1&article_set
=59300&cat_id=20607
Use this information to fill in your
diagram of the respiratory system.