What are the primary functions of the respiratory system?
The human respiratory system is made up of several organs (nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs). They are responsible in receiving oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide. However, the exchange of gases takes place in the lungs making them an important organ of the breathing process. RBC’s gather oxygen from the lungs transferring it to other parts of the body. During this process the RBC’s gather carbon dioxide and transfers it back to the lungs allowing it to exit the body when exhaled. The function of the respiratory system includes: breathing consisting of inhalation (air is inhaled through the nose/mouth, enters the trachea, bronchioles, and the alveoli) and exhalation …show more content…
The exchange consists of a process in transferring oxygen from the alveoli into RBC’s and carbon dioxide from blood cells into the alveoli supplying oxygen to the cells and the removal of carbon dioxide through exhaling by the lungs. The respiratory membrane allows a seaming less transition of oxygen and carbon dioxide particles across its surface since it is smooth and thin requiring the gases to travel a short distance. The respiratory membrane may be thick by fluid within the lungs, which forces gases into diffusion through the fluid and the membrane. However, the diffusion rate can be affected by certain factors such as the membranes thickness, surface area, and the concentration gradient. The respiratory membrane is made up of a large surface, which is covered by thousands of smaller cell structures known as alveoli. The respiratory surface consists of the alveolar epithelial cells and the pulmonary capillary endothelial cells. However, the wall of an alveolus and capillary creates the respiratory membrane, which is made up of two layers of simple squamous epithelium and their basement membranes (Mid Lands Tech, …show more content…
Though, he did not allow a sufficient amount of time for his body to decompress the gas that entered into his blood stream resulted in hyperventilation (a rapid/deep breathing occurring typically with anxiety or panic) (Mid Line Plus, 2016). However, when he took a plane to Dallas it lead to hypoventilation (breathing at an abnormally slow rate leading to an increased amount of carbon dioxide in the blood) since the flight had not pressurized to sea level, which eventually resulted in lower atmospheric pressure allowing his blood to withhold these gases in suspension referred to as Henry’s law “that the solubility of a gas in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas above the liquid…” (UC Davis, 2016). Blood acidity increased over a period of time may have resulted in the formation of gaseous air bubbles in the blood within the arteries causing it to expand that eventually lead to pressure on the joint of the
The human respiratory system is made up of several organs (nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs). They are responsible in receiving oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide. However, the exchange of gases takes place in the lungs making them an important organ of the breathing process. RBC’s gather oxygen from the lungs transferring it to other parts of the body. During this process the RBC’s gather carbon dioxide and transfers it back to the lungs allowing it to exit the body when exhaled. The function of the respiratory system includes: breathing consisting of inhalation (air is inhaled through the nose/mouth, enters the trachea, bronchioles, and the alveoli) and exhalation …show more content…
The exchange consists of a process in transferring oxygen from the alveoli into RBC’s and carbon dioxide from blood cells into the alveoli supplying oxygen to the cells and the removal of carbon dioxide through exhaling by the lungs. The respiratory membrane allows a seaming less transition of oxygen and carbon dioxide particles across its surface since it is smooth and thin requiring the gases to travel a short distance. The respiratory membrane may be thick by fluid within the lungs, which forces gases into diffusion through the fluid and the membrane. However, the diffusion rate can be affected by certain factors such as the membranes thickness, surface area, and the concentration gradient. The respiratory membrane is made up of a large surface, which is covered by thousands of smaller cell structures known as alveoli. The respiratory surface consists of the alveolar epithelial cells and the pulmonary capillary endothelial cells. However, the wall of an alveolus and capillary creates the respiratory membrane, which is made up of two layers of simple squamous epithelium and their basement membranes (Mid Lands Tech, …show more content…
Though, he did not allow a sufficient amount of time for his body to decompress the gas that entered into his blood stream resulted in hyperventilation (a rapid/deep breathing occurring typically with anxiety or panic) (Mid Line Plus, 2016). However, when he took a plane to Dallas it lead to hypoventilation (breathing at an abnormally slow rate leading to an increased amount of carbon dioxide in the blood) since the flight had not pressurized to sea level, which eventually resulted in lower atmospheric pressure allowing his blood to withhold these gases in suspension referred to as Henry’s law “that the solubility of a gas in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas above the liquid…” (UC Davis, 2016). Blood acidity increased over a period of time may have resulted in the formation of gaseous air bubbles in the blood within the arteries causing it to expand that eventually lead to pressure on the joint of the