Introduction
The respiratory system allows you to obtain oxygen, eliminate carbon dioxide, and regulate the blood’s pH level. The process of taking in air is known as inspiration, while the process of blowing out air is called expiration. A respiratory cycle consists of one inspiration and one expiration. To accomplish this major function known as respiration, these four processes (pulmonary ventilation, external respiration, transport of respiratory gases and internal respiration) must happen. During pulmonary ventilation best known as breathing, air is moved into and out of the lungs (during inspiration and expiration) so that gases are continuously changed and refreshed. Oxygen diffuses from lungs to the blood, and carbon dioxide diffuses …show more content…
A respiration belt will be strapped around the test subject and connected to a computer-interfaced Gas Pressure Sensor. Each respiratory cycle will be recorded by the computer, allowing you to calculate a respiratory rate for comparison at different conditions. These are the objectives of the experiment. In addition to monitoring the conditions of the respiratory patterns; evaluate the effect of holding breath on the respiratory cycle and the also evaluate the effect of rebreathing of air on the respiratory cycle. Our hypothesis is that the respiratory rate will differ from one another; more specifically the respiratory rate will decrease during the holding of breath and will quickly increase once the inspirations and expirations return. We suspect the rate will also spike and increase drastically during the rebreathing of air on the respiratory …show more content…
The pressure did not increase. In fact, throughout rebreathing of air the recorded kpa ranged from 117.65kPa (0-30 seconds) to 115.83kPa (120-150 seconds) to 115.44kPa (240-270 seconds) it decreased by two. With the results received it is implied that the respiration rates will be different and that there are several factors that contribute to the evaluation of controlling the human respiration. Perhaps our test subject is more relaxed than others and is conscious of their breathing therefore allowing more control of their breaths in
The respiratory system allows you to obtain oxygen, eliminate carbon dioxide, and regulate the blood’s pH level. The process of taking in air is known as inspiration, while the process of blowing out air is called expiration. A respiratory cycle consists of one inspiration and one expiration. To accomplish this major function known as respiration, these four processes (pulmonary ventilation, external respiration, transport of respiratory gases and internal respiration) must happen. During pulmonary ventilation best known as breathing, air is moved into and out of the lungs (during inspiration and expiration) so that gases are continuously changed and refreshed. Oxygen diffuses from lungs to the blood, and carbon dioxide diffuses …show more content…
A respiration belt will be strapped around the test subject and connected to a computer-interfaced Gas Pressure Sensor. Each respiratory cycle will be recorded by the computer, allowing you to calculate a respiratory rate for comparison at different conditions. These are the objectives of the experiment. In addition to monitoring the conditions of the respiratory patterns; evaluate the effect of holding breath on the respiratory cycle and the also evaluate the effect of rebreathing of air on the respiratory cycle. Our hypothesis is that the respiratory rate will differ from one another; more specifically the respiratory rate will decrease during the holding of breath and will quickly increase once the inspirations and expirations return. We suspect the rate will also spike and increase drastically during the rebreathing of air on the respiratory …show more content…
The pressure did not increase. In fact, throughout rebreathing of air the recorded kpa ranged from 117.65kPa (0-30 seconds) to 115.83kPa (120-150 seconds) to 115.44kPa (240-270 seconds) it decreased by two. With the results received it is implied that the respiration rates will be different and that there are several factors that contribute to the evaluation of controlling the human respiration. Perhaps our test subject is more relaxed than others and is conscious of their breathing therefore allowing more control of their breaths in