Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Animals respiratory system
- Exchange surfaces
- Specialised area, adapted so molecules pass easily
- Large organisms
- Small SA:V
- Multicellular
- Large diffusion distance
- Need more supplies due to more activity
- Specialised exchange system
- Transport system
- Large SA
- Thin barrier
- Fresh supply/ Removal of molecules
- Conc gradient steep
- Small organisms
- Large SA:V
- Don't require many nutrients, due to less activity
- Lungs
- Lots of alvleoli
- SA
- Partially permeable membrane
- Allow CO2 + O2 diffusion
- Thin barrier
- alveolus wall 1 cell thick
- Squamous cells 1 cell thick + flattened
- Capillaries close contact to alveolus
- RBC squeezed against capillary wall
- Total barrier is only 2 cell thick
- Diffusion gradient maintained
- High O2 supply, low O2 on demand side
- Components
- Cartilage
- Smooth muscle
- Elastic fibres
- Goblet cells
- Cilliated epithelium
- Tiny hair like projections
- Wafts mucus into stomach where enzymes destroy it
- Secrete mucus
- Traps tiny particles reducing infection
- Smooth muscle relaxes, elastic fibres recoil to original size
- Dilates airway
- Contracts which constricts airway - lumen gets smaller
- Allergies
- Structural role
- Supports trachea and bronchi
- Prevents collapse when air pressure is low inside
- Not complete ring, flexibility
- Inhalation
- Diagphragm contracts, pushes organs down
- External intercostal muscles contract and raise ribs
- Internal relax
- Chest cavity volume increases
- Air moves into lung
- Exhalation
- Diagphram relaxes, pushed up by displaced organs
- External intercostal muscles relax and ribs lower
- Internal contract
- Volume decreases