07.02 Respiratory And Circulatory Systems
Question: How do the respiratory and circulatory systems work together?
Answer: To carry oxygen to the body’s cells and to remove carbon dioxide from those cells.
Question: What are the main functions of the respiratory and circulatory systems?
Answer: The main function of the respiratory system is to exchange these gases with the environment. A major function of the circulatory system is to transport the gases between the respiratory system and other parts of the body.
Question: What do all cells require a constant supply of?
Answer: Oxygen to undergo cellular respiration.
Question: Nose
Answer: The tissues inside your lungs are very delicate, so the main function of the nose is to filter, moisten, and warm the air as it enters the respiratory system.
Question: Pharynx
Answer: Air moves from the nose into a cavity at the back of the mouth called the pharynx, or throat, which serves as a passageway for both air and food.
Question: Larynx
Answer: Is found between the pharynx and trachea.
Question: Trachea
Answer: Air moves from the pharynx into the trachea, sometimes called the windpipe.
Question: Lungs and Bronchi
Answer:
Question: Alveoli
Answer:
Question: Diaphragm
Answer: A thin sheet of muscle that forms the bottom wall of the chest cavity.