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Contents The Breathing System Basics of breathing Cartilage and the trachea Bronchi and the lungs Inside an alveolus Breathtaking features Summary © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Basics of breathing Humans breathe to ensure that oxygen enters the body and that carbon dioxide leaves the body. The breathing system Oxygen (O2) Carbon Dioxide (CO2) © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Parts of the body involved Let us now look at the structure of the breathing system. The human body can be divided into three regions. HEAD THORAX ABDOMEN The breathing system is found in the thorax. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 The 2 breathing processes The body separates the procedure of breathing in and breathing out. Breathing in is one process and is known as… Breathing out is a separate process and is known as… Inhalation (When we breathe in we inhale) Exhalation (When we breathe out we exhale) By separating these two processes, the body can concentrate on the two tasks in turn. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 What if you forget to breathe? Firstly the breathing system must inhale oxygen and secondly it must exhale carbon dioxide. It is designed to be able to perform both tasks using the same organs. One final important fact to remember is that breathing can be performed without humans having to think about it. Just imagine that as well as everything else you have to think about, you would have to remember to tell your body to inhale, then exhale, then inhale, exhale, inhale, … etc. There would be no time for anything else. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 What it looks like inside Well, let us start where air enters the system… Air enters through either the mouth or the nostrils. nostril mouth nasal cavity oral cavity It does not matter through which opening the air enters because the oral and nasal cavities are connected. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 The pharynx As the air passes through the nasal cavity, the air is smelt, warmed, filtered and moistened slightly. The air meets at the pharynx, a junction at back of the oral cavity. The pharynx is a junction between two tubes. The air must travel down only one of these tubes. One is the windpipe (trachea) and the other is the gullet (oesophagus). trachea gullet As the name suggests, air must pass down through the windpipe (trachea). © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Contents The Breathing System Basics of breathing Cartilage and the trachea Bronchi and the lungs Inside an alveolus Breathtaking features Summary © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Cartilage in trachea Diagram of trachea with cartilage rungs. You can think of the trachea as a tube lined with Cshaped supporting rungs. These rings are made of a tough material called cartilage. They help to hold the tube open. You may be wondering why they are C-shaped and not full circles. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 A clever design Well, if a tube were lined with fixed circles of cartilage, it would have a fixed diameter… cartilage trachea Although this would stop the tube from collapsing, this would also mean that the tube would not be able to expand. When we breathe in, the trachea must expand to allow more air in. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Expansion potential Therefore, a C-shaped piece of cartilage can change shape. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 The trachea As well as being adapted on its outer surface, the trachea shows adaptations on its inner lining. If we look closely at the inner surface of the trachea… trachea ciliated epithelial cells © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Ciliated epithelial cells The cells that line the wall of the trachea show two special adaptations. tiny hairs called cilia produce a sticky liquid mucus Ciliated epithelial cells We say the cells show specialisation. These specialised cells have a particular job to do. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 The presence of mucus and cilia on the lining of the trachea ensures that the air we breathe is clean and free from disease. microbes travelling down the trachea within inhaled air ciliated cells microbes become stuck within the mucus mucus being made by the ciliated cells © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Elevator action Once the microbes are stuck in the mucus, the cilia move the mucus upwards using a wafting action. The mucus passes up to the top of the trachea where it can either be swallowed or coughed out of the body. coughed out swallowed © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Contents The Breathing System Basics of breathing Cartilage and the trachea Bronchi and the lungs Inside an alveolus Breathtaking features Summary © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Bronchi Eventually the trachea branches, dividing into two smaller tubes called the left and right bronchi. trachea bronchi (The singular of bronchi is a bronchus.) Right Left Don’t forget that in a picture of the human body, right becomes left and left becomes right. Check by holding up your right hand in a mirror. The person staring back at you will be holding up their left hand. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Lungs and bronchi Each Bronchus connects the trachea to a large air sac known as a lung. You have two bronchi and therefore your body has two lungs, a left and a right. trachea right bronchi right lung left bronchi left lung © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Diagram of a lung In reality, the lungs are different in shape. Here is a more accurate diagram. Right Lung trachea cartilage right bronchus pleural membrane location of the heart bronchiole © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Problems with lung expansion With air entering and leaving the lungs, they increase and decrease in size on a regular basis. When organs in the body increase in size, they will touch other organs because of the lack of space. This is a danger because living tissue is very delicate and when tissues rub against each other, friction could be generated. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Danger of friction Organ 1 Organ 2 FRICTION This friction could damage the tissue and kill cells. Therefore, a protective bag called the pleural membrane surrounds the lungs, which are likely to rub against other organs during the breathing process. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 The pleural membrane A fluid is found within this bag, surrounding the lungs. This fluid lubricates the lining of the lungs and stops friction being generated. pleural membrane lung fluid © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Branching bronchi Each bronchus now starts branching to produce smaller and smaller tubes. bronchi these smaller branches are known as bronchioles One bronchus gives rise to many bronchioles. The overall effect is similar to the branching of a tree from a central trunk. This branching of the bronchi occurs within both lungs. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 The route that the oxygen gas takes Oxygen will pass… Down the trachea Through each bronchus Always remember that the CO2 is moving in the opposite direction! And through all the bronchioles within each lung BUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Contents The Breathing System Basics of breathing Cartilage and the trachea Bronchi and the lungs Inside an alveolus Breathtaking features Summary © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Inside an alveolus Oxygen makes its way to special air sacs. Actually, each air sac is found to be a bundle of air sacs. Together, they are known as an alveolus. The outside of the alveolus is covered with tiny blood vessels. We can look inside the alveolus to get some idea of why they are shaped the way they are. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 A cross-section of an alveolus oxygen (O2) gas passes through here This O2 is then able to dissolve in a small moist lining. epithelial lining of the alveolus © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Keeping the environment right dissolve moist lining O2 O2 O2 O 2 dissolve This moist lining also stops the alveolus from drying and cracking. It lubricates the insides of the air bag. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Label the alveolus © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Diffusion at work © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Oxygen diffusion into red blood cells After the oxygen dissolves it also diffuses. O2 O2 O2 O2 D IFF USI ON cell lining of alveolus cell lining of capillary blood The oxygen molecules must diffuse through both the lining of the alveolus and the lining of the blood capillary. They are eventually picked up by red blood cells. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Blood leaving the lungs The blood now carries this oxygen to the cells of the body. Right Lung Left Lung blood vessel O2 body cells O2 blood © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Laws of diffusion The movement of the oxygen from the blood to the cells also follows the law of diffusion. blood coming from the lungs high concentration It is highly concentrated within the blood. Meanwhile the concentration is low within the cell. low concentration body cell Therefore the oxygen passes into the body cells. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Breathing system summary Remember that the process of inhalation brings O2 into the body whilst exhalation removes CO2. So, how does our breathing system enable us to do this? Well, inhaling and exhaling are brought about by certain changes in the position of the components within our breathing system. Let’s next look at the general structure of this system. Remember, the breathing system is found in the upper region of the body. This is known as the thorax. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Contents The Breathing System Basics of breathing Cartilage and the trachea Bronchi and the lungs Inside an alveolus Breathtaking features Summary © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Breathtaking features The breathing system does not have a fixed shape. trachea ribs rib muscles right bronchus diaphragm Right Lung Left Lung It has the ability to move, whilst remaining enclosed within the protection of the ribcage. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 A mobile ribcage? This means that the rib cage must also be able to change position. Take your hands and place them flat on your chest just above your hips on each side of your body. Now breathe in and out very deeply. Whilst you do this, watch to see what happens to your hands. You should notice the following things….. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Take a breath When you breathe in (inhale), your hands move up and outwards. When you breathe out (exhale), your hands move down and inwards. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Inhaling: chest expansion When we inhale, our lungs fill with air. As they fill, they become enlarged. The ribs must then move upwards and outwards to make more room in the thorax. The overall effect of this is that our chest expands. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 The diaphragm Your diaphragm is located beneath the lungs, which means that it separates the thorax from the abdomen. It is a sheet of muscle that spans the width of the body. Before we inhale, it is found in a dome shape. As we inhale, it contracts and flattens. The result of this change in shape is a change in the volume of the thorax. inhaling © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Pressure regulation As the volume of the thorax increases, the internal air pressure drops. This means that the air pressure outside the lungs is greater than the air pressure inside the lungs. High High air pressure outside Low air pressure inside Low Air diffuses into the lungs Diaphragm flattens Thorax volume increases Air pressure drops © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Features of inhalation and exhalation If these changes occur when we breathe in, the opposite must happen when we breathe out. These changes can be summarised in the table below... Feature Inhaling Exhaling diaphragm shape flat domed ribs up and out down and in diaphragm muscle contracted relaxed rib muscle contracted relaxed lungs inflated deflated © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Click on the “Air Drawn In” buttons © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Click on the “Passage of air” buttons © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Match the function with the body part © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Match the function with the body part © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Word play Answer the following questions. Be careful, the spelling is essential! 1. What is the name of one tiny air sac? 2. Many tiny air sacs are known as ________? 3. What is the name of one branch of the trachea? 4. The name for the tubes that branch from the trachea are known as ___________? © Boardworks Ltd 2003 The lungs have to move! When we breathe in, our lungs fill with air. Identify two ways our breathing system creates more room in the thorax for these inflated lungs. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Contents The Breathing System Basics of breathing Cartilage and the trachea Bronchi and the lungs Inside an alveolus Breathtaking features Summary © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Multiple choice section © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Breathing in or out? © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Which of the following adaptations make the exchange of gases across the lung surface effective… A few, large alveoli with a massive surface area, a dry inner surface and close proximity to an extensive capillary network. B many, large alveoli with a massive surface area, a moist inner surface and close proximity to an extensive capillary network. C many, tiny alveoli with a massive surface area, a moist inner surface and close proximity to an extensive capillary network. D few, tiny alveoli with a small surface area, a dry inner surface and close proximity to an extensive capillary network. © Boardworks Ltd 2003 Wordsearch E D I X O I D N O B R A C N S V T Y S Z F E T B V X R E D M V U E U R M G W Q C Q E L R N X W X N O S T R I L A S L O N W D Y D G E F A H E L P S N K R I B M U S C L E S V I M L P Z A L V E O L I H O E R B A O R P D B I C B U H X O A R E O I H A E D T F T N Y L T O H Q B R O N C H U S J G U I N C P C A G E A O I K I E S O C A P A G C R M R U J L N M N H R R G M H G N A S A L C A V I T Y E P L Y K X N Y R A H P S J T © Boardworks Ltd 2003