Gaseous Exchange Questions for Your Exam
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|3.4 Breathing System and |Objectives |
|Excretion |At the end of this sub section students should be able to: |
|3.4.4 Lungs & Breathing |Draw and identify the breathing tract in humans |
| |Give the function of the parts: Nasal and buccal cavities, pharynx, epiglottis, glottis, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli |
| |Explain the essential features of the alveoli and capillaries as surfaces over which gas exchange takes place |
| |Describe the mechanism of breathing -- how we inhale and exhale air |
| |Give the role of the diaphragm, the intercostal muscles and brain (exclude CO2, levels) in breathing |
| |Explain pressure changes in the thoracic cavity during breathing |
| |Outline gaseous exchange in alveoli |
| |Give the role of haemoglobin in oxygen transport |
| |Explain source of carbon dioxide from the plasma |
| |Explain water vapour exhalation.
|3.4 Breathing System and |Objectives |
|Excretion |At the end of this sub section students should be able to: |
|3.4.4 Lungs & Breathing |Draw and identify the breathing tract in humans |
| |Give the function of the parts: Nasal and buccal cavities, pharynx, epiglottis, glottis, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli |
| |Explain the essential features of the alveoli and capillaries as surfaces over which gas exchange takes place |
| |Describe the mechanism of breathing -- how we inhale and exhale air |
| |Give the role of the diaphragm, the intercostal muscles and brain (exclude CO2, levels) in breathing |
| |Explain pressure changes in the thoracic cavity during breathing |
| |Outline gaseous exchange in alveoli |
| |Give the role of haemoglobin in oxygen transport |
| |Explain source of carbon dioxide from the plasma |
| |Explain water vapour exhalation.