Respiratory
Movement of air into and out of the lungs or breathing
What is pulmonary ventilation?
The space behind the nose that filters, warms, and humidifies air
What is nasal cavity?
Delivers blood from heart to lungs & back to heart
Peripheral: delivers blood from heart to body & back to heart
What is Pulmonary?
Vessels that carry blood to the heart
What are veins?
The neuroendocrine system secretes hormones into this
What is directly into the bloodstream?
Movement of gases between the air in the lungs and the blood; oxygen into blood and carbon dioxide out of the blood
What is pulmonary diffusion?
The passage that connects the nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus
What is Pharynx?
Delivers blood from heart to body & back to heart
What is peripheral?
Small veins that carry blood toward heart
What are venules?
Hormones can be classified in what three major types
What is steroids, peptides, and modified amino acids (amines)?
Movement of blood containing gases; oxygen traveling in blood from lungs to tissues, carbon dioxide traveling in blood from tissues to lungs
What is gas transport?
The voice box that contains the vocal cords
What is Larynx?
Large vessels that carry blood away from heart
What are arteries?
Coronary artery branches to what directions
What is left and right sides?
Hormonal releases happen in what
What is in pulses?
The entry point for air into the respiratory system
What is Nose/Nostrils?
The windpipe that connects the larynx to the bronchi
What is trachea?
Smallest vessels; site of gas & nutrient exchange
What are Capillaries?
The amount of Atria in the heart
What is 2?
Hormonal responses vary on what factor
What is circadian rythms?
Use of oxygen in aerobic metabolism and production of carbon dioxide (within tissues)
What is cellular respiration?
The major air passages that branch from the trachea to the lungs
What is bronchi?
This is the amount of chambers in the heart
What is 4?
Tough, membranous sac that encases the heart
What is pericardium?
What are the three key examples of steroid hormones
What are estrogen, testosterone, and cortisol?