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Introduction
• Cells continually use O2 &
release CO2
• Respiratory system
designed for gas
exchange
• Cardiovascular system
transports gases in blood
• Failure of either system
– rapid cell death from O2
starvation
BASIC FUNCTION
VENTILATION
GAS EXCHANGE
GAS TRANSPORT
REGULATION OF RESPIRATION
Functions
• Provides for gas exchange (O2 and CO2)
• Helps regulate blood pH
• Contains receptors for sense of smell
• Filters inspired air
• Produces vocal sounds (phonation)
• Excretes small amounts of water and heat
• Modified respiratory movements
– Expressing emotions (laughing, sighing, and sobbing)
– Expel foreign matter from the lower air passages
(sneezing and coughing)
ORGANIZATION
Structurally
• Upper respiratory system (nose, pharynx, and
associated structures)
• Lower respiratory system (larynx, trachea, bronchi,
and lungs)
Functionally
• Conducting zone (filter, warm, and moisten air and conduct
it into the lungs)
– nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles,
and terminal bronchioles
• Respiratory zone (main sites of gas exchange)
– respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs,
and alveoli
VENTILATION