Physiology 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pulmonary Artery, Abdominal Cavity, Trachea

• School: Western University
• Department: Physiology
• Course: Physiology 1021
• Professor: John Ciriello

Document Summary

Regulates hydrogen blood ph most of this is done by breathing. Microbial defence coughing, sneezing, breathing in germs protects from illness and danger from foreign material. Influences arterial contraction of chemical messages allows for drug delivery. The essential function is gas exchange to allow oxygen to move into your pulmonary capillaries and carbon dioxide to move out. The lungs contain many blood vessels and capillaries to allow gas exchange to occur speech. The lungs are suspended in the thoracic cavity and surrounded. The thoracic cavity is separated from the abdominal cavity by. The space between the lung and the chest wall is called the by the chest wall the diaphragm intrapleural space. Parietal pleura: thin membrane inside the ribs and on top of. Visceral pleura: sits on the lungs, each lung is surrounded the. Right lung contains 3 lobes and the left lung contains 2 lobes and has a sciatic notch where the heart is located.