LIFE PROCESSES

RESPIRATION
 Difference between aerobic and
anaerobic Respiration
S.NO. Features Aerobic Respiration Anaerobic Respiration

1. O2 requirement O2 required Not required

Cytoplasm and
2. Occurs in Cytoplasm only
mitochondria

Complete breakdown of Incomplete breakdown of

3. Breakdown
glucose takes place glucose takes place

CO2 and ethyl alcohol or

4. End products CO2 and H2O
lactic acid

Energy produced
4. from one glucose 38 ATP 2 ATP
molecule
 RESPIRATION IN PLANTS

Stomata :
In leaves and
green stem Lenticels :
In woody
stem and
roots Root hairs :
In young
roots
 RESPIRATION IN ANIMALS

Large
surface area
to get
Thin
enough
permeable
oxygen Abundant
area for easy
diffusion of blood supply
gases for
transporting
respiratory
gases.
Respiration Through Plasma
Membrane : AMOEBA

Tracheal Respiration :
GRASSHOPPER

Branchial Respiration : FISH

Cutaneous Respiration :
EARTHWORM

Pulmonary Respiration : HUMANS,

REPTILES, BIRDS.
 The Respiration System
in HUMAN BEINGS
Nose
Pharynx
Larynx (voice box)
Trachea
Bronchi and Bronchioles
Lungs
Human
Respiratory
System
 Bronchioles
8
Trachea
Pharynx 6 7 Alveolar
External
nostrils 4 sacs
5 Bronchi
2
3
Larynx
1 Nasal
cavity
Alveoli and
Network of
Capillaries
Steps of RESPIRATION
1 Breathing

2 External Respiration

3 Internal or Tissue Respiration

4 Cellular Respiration
Mechanism of
BREATHING
1

Inhalation
(Inspiration)
2

Exhalation
(Expiration)
 External
Respiration
Internal or
Tissue
Respiration
Transportation of O2
(i) 97% in combined state with haemoglobin called
oxyhaemoglobin.
(ii) 3% dissolved in plasma.

Transportation of CO2
(i) 5-7% as dissolved in plasma.
(ii) 70% as bicarbonate ions in plasma.
(iii) 23% in combined state with haemoglobin
called carbaminohaemoglobin.