Pathing
The first place that air enters the body.
What is the mouth or nose?
The function of the conducting passageways.
What are moisten, warm, and purify air?
Another name for breathing in.
What is inspiration?
The volume that describes a regular breath.
The area of the brain that regulates respiration.
What is the respiratory center?
The region between the pharynx and the bronchi.
What is the larynx?
The function of the alveoli.
What is gas exchange?
The thing that forces air in and out of the lungs.
What is atmospheric pressure?
What is pressure?
The total volume you can breath out after the largest inspiration.
What is the vital capacity?
The area of the respiratory center that is responsible for regulating the rate of breathing.
What is the Pneumotaxic Area?
The final stop for air. This is where gas is exchanged with the blood.
What are the alveoli?
The function of the respiratory membrane.
What is gas exchange?
This happens when the diaphragm relaxes.
What is expiration?
The amount of air you can breath out after a resting expiration.
What is the expiratory reserve volume?
The compound most responsible for signaling the brain to change either the rate or depth of breathing.
What is carbon dioxide?
The section that is shared with the digestive system.
What is the pharynx?
The function of the larynx.
What is vibrating the air leaving the lungs?
This air movement does not require muscles.
What is expiration?
The amount of air you can inhale after a resting expiration.
The sensors that sense changes in oxygen levels in the bloodstream.
What are peripheral chemoreceptors?