The Respiratory System

Lesson 1 Page 138

After this lesson, students will be able to:

Identify the functions and structures of the respiratory

system.

Lesson Vocabulary
Cellular respiration Diaphragm Bronchi
Lungs Trachea Vocal cords
Alveoli Larynx
Pharynx Cilia
 Human respiratory system

• What is the role of

the respiratory
system?
 Systems working together
Respiratory system Circulatory system
This system moves air; The blood pick up
which contains oxygen, oxygen and glucose
into the body. and delivers them to
body cells.

Digestive system Cellular respiration

This system provides Body cells use glucose
glucose used in cellular and oxygen to release
respiration. the chemical energy in
glucose.
 Activity # 1
Directions: Copy the vocabulary words in your notebook and
define each of them.

Lesson Vocabulary
Cellular respiration Diaphragm Bronchi
Lungs Trachea Vocal cords
 Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSexLV4j87E
 The Respiratory System

Lesson 1 Page 140

After this lesson, students will be able to:

Identify the structures of the respiratory system.

Lesson Vocabulary
Cellular respiration Diaphragm Bronchi
Lungs Trachea Vocal cords
Alveoli Larynx
Pharynx Cilia
Parts of the respiratory system include:
 Structure of the respiratory system
Directions: in your own words, write what each part of the
respiratory system does.

Lungs

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 Moving air in and out
• During inspiration
(inhalation), the
diaphragm and
intercostal muscles
contract.

• During exhalation,
these muscles relax.
The diaphragm
domes upwards.
 Alveoli
• The alveoli are
moist, thin-walled
pockets which are
the site of gas
exchange.

• A slightly oily
surfactant prevents
the alveolar walls
from collapsing and
sticking together.
 Circulation and Gas Exchange
• Recall the
interconnection
between circulation
and the respiratory
system.

• Gas exchange at the

lungs and in the
body cells moves
oxygen into cells
and carbon dioxide
out.
What happens when you breathe in?
1. The rib muscles 25% 25% 25% 25%
relax.
2. The diaphragm
contracts.
3. Air leaves the
alveoli.
4. Air moves between
the chest wall and
the lung.
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 In the alveolus
• The respiratory
surface is made up
of the alveoli and
capillary walls.

• The walls of the

capillaries and the
alveoli may share
the same
membrane.
 Gas exchange
• Air entering the lungs
contains more oxygen
and less carbon dioxide
than the blood that
flows in the pulmonary
capillaries.

• How do these
differences in
concentrations assist
gas exchange?
 Oxygen transport

• Hemoglobin binds
to oxygen that
diffuses into the
blood stream.

• What are some

advantages to using
hemoglobin to
transport oxygen?
 Carbon dioxide transport
• Carbon dioxide can
dissolve in plasma,
and about 70%
forms bicarbonate
ions.

• Some carbon
dioxide can bind to
hemoglobin for
transport.