Notes 1
This chemical reaction requires oxygen and produces CO2 as waste
What is cellular respiration
This connects the bronchi to the pharynx
What is the trachea?
When exhaling the intercostal muscles do this
What is relax
These connect the medulla to the intercostal muscles and diaphragm
What are motor neurons
This is the main carrier of oxygen in the blood
External gas exchange
What is the diffusion of oxygen from the lungs to the blood and carbon dioxide from the blood to the lungs
Voice box (Adam's apple)
What is another name for the larynx
During this breathing mechanic, air pressure in the thorax decreases
What is inhalation/inspiration
After dropping off oxygen at a cell hemoglobin is called this
What is deoxyhemoglobin
Internal gas exchange
What is the diffusion of oxygen from the blood into tissue cells and carbon dioxide from cells into the blood
The four types of sinuses
What are frontal, maxillary, sphenoidal and ethmoidal
Pleura
What are membranes that encircle the lungs to reduce friction between the lungs and chest cavity during breathing
Chemoreceptor
What is a cell in either the aorta or carotid arteries that detects oxygen levels in the blood
Carbon dioxide is most transported in the blood in this form
What are hydrogen carbonate and hydrogen ions