BIOM 3200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Internal Intercostal Muscles, Intrapleural Pressure, Respiratory Tract

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Divided into respiratory zone (site of gas exchange between air and blood) and conducting zone. External respiration ventilation and exchange of gases (oxygen & co2) between air and blood. Internal respiration gas exchange between blood and other tissues and oxygen utilization by tissues. Ventilation mechanical process that moves air into and out of the lungs. Carbon dioxide moves from the blood to the air within the lungs by diffusing down its concentration gradient. Blood leaving the lungs (in the pulmonary veins) has a higher o2 and lower co2 concentration than blood delivered to the lungs in the pulmonary arteries. Alveoli tiny air sacs that facilitate gas exchange in the lungs. Diffusion rate between alveolar air and capillary blood depends on the distance separating them. Air within 1 member of a cluster can enter other members through tiny pores. Alveoli clusters are at the ends of respiratory bronchioles (thin air tubes) Comprise 95% of total surface area of the lung.

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