6.

4 Reading Guide
- Take notes in addition to this.
Outline the activity in the thoracic cavity during inspiration and expiration
Inspiration

Expiration

Create a flow chart listing the steps for inspiration and expiration. Use arrows to
indicate the direction for each.

Sketch a diagram to show the structure of an alveolus and an adjacent capillary.

Compare and contrast Type I pneumocytes and Type II pneumocytes.

Causes and consequences of emphysema and lung cancer

Disease

Description

Causes

Emphyse
ma

Lung
cancer

Vocab
Ventilation
Diaphragm
Internal intercostal muscles
Trachea
Type I Pneumocytes
Surfactant
COPD
Metastasizing

Challenge yourself #3, pg 293

Exercises 11-13, pg 298
TOK, pg 298

Alveoli
External intercostal muscles
Thoracic cavity(thorax)
Pneumocytes
Type II Pneumocytes
Emphysema
Lung cancer
Carcinogen

Consequences