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ch 9 h. biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the trachea? | windpipe a tube connecting the larynx to the primary bronchi. Its walls consist of connective tissue and smooth muscle reinforced by C-Shaped cartilaginous rings. The rings prevents trachea from colapsing. |
| What are bronchioles? | The bronchi branch into a few secondary bronchi that also branch, until the branches become about 1mm in diameter |
| What are aveoli | multidude of air pockets |
| The Lungs? | cone shaped, in thoracic cavity. right has three lobes and the left has two alowing room for the heart |
| pleura? | Each lung is enclosed with. and 2 layers of serous membrane that produces serous fluid |
| The Alveoli? | lungs have 300million each sac is surronded by capillaries |
| What type of exchange goes on between air in the alveoli and the blood in the capillaries | Gas exchange |
| Inspiration? | inhalition, moves in the lungs |
| expiration | exhaliation, moves air out of lungs |
| Surfactant | lines the alveoli of human lungs. a film of lipoprotien that lowers the surface tension of water and prevents the alveoli from collapsing |
| Tidal Volume | small amount of air moving in and out with each breath abt 500mL |
| Vital Capacity | The maximum volume of air that can be moved in plus the maximum amount that can be moved out during a single breath |
| What is the diaphragm | a skeletal muscle between the lungs. Its function is breathing and venalation |
| What will happen if air enters the intrapleura space | Collapse of lungs |
| What gas diffuses from the tissue to the blood | oxegyn |
| Internal Respiration | exchange between tissues and blood |
| External Respiration | exchange between air sacs and blood |