Gas exchange system

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  • Exchange Surfaces
    • INSPIRATION AND EXPIRATION
      • 1. Diaphragm contracts
        • INSP.
      • 2.External intercostal muscles contract
      • 3. Thorax volume increases
      • 4. Pressure decreases
        • 5. Air moves in
      • EXP.
      • 1. Diaphragm relaxes
        • 2. External intercostal muscles relax
      • 3. Thorax volume decreases
      • 4. Pressure increases
      • 5. Air moves out
      • Requires alot of energy
    • HUMAN GASEOUS EXCHANGE SYSTEM
      • ALVEOLI
        • Large SA
        • Single epithelium cell thick
        • Good blood supply maintains conc grad
        • Good ventilation maintains conc grad
      • BRONCHI AND BRONCHUS
        • No cartilage but contain smooth muscle allowing contraction/ relaxation
      • ELASTIC RECOIL OF LUNG
        • Elastic tissue allows alveoli to stretch and return to normal size
      • GOBLET CELLS
        • Secrete mucus into trachea and cilia waft mucus away
      • TRACHEA
        • Wide tube with cartilage rings prevent it from collapsing
      • NASAL CAVITY
        • Large SA, good blood supply and secretes mucus
    • VENTILATION
      • CLOSE MOUTH
        • 1. Buccal cavity vol decreases
        • 2. Pressure increases
        • 3. Water forced out across gill filaments
      • 1. Buccal cavity volume increases
      • 2. Pressure increases
      • 3. Water forced out across gill filaments
    • LUNG VOLUME
      • TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY
      • EXP RESERVE VOL
      • INSP RESERVE VOL
      • BREATHING RATE= BREATHS PER MIN
      • RESIDUAL VOL
      • VITAL CAP- VOL OF AIR MOVING IN, IN STRONGEST BREATH
    • MEASURING LUNG CAPACITY
      • Spirometer
      • Peak Flow Meter
      • Vitalograph
    • GASEOUS EXCHANGE IN INSECTS
      • High energy demands
      • SPIRACLES
        • Small openings along abdomen and thorax
      • TRACHEA
        • Collapsible and big so act as air resovoirs
      • TRACHEOLES
        • Elongated with no chitin
        • Very small
    • COUNTER CURRENT EXCHANGE SYSTEM
      • Blood flows in one dir. and water in the other
      • Gill filaments covered in gill plates = inc. SA
      • Gill plates= good blood supply and thin surface = eff diff
    • GILL ADAPTATION
      • Rich blood  supply
      • Large SA for diff
      • Thin layers
      • Adjacent gill filaments overlap = inc. resistance to water = moves slow = inc. gaseous exchange

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