Respiration

Douglas Wilkin, Ph.D.

Jean Brainard, Ph.D.
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AUTHORS
Douglas Wilkin, Ph.D.
Jean Brainard, Ph.D.
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Respiration
Dene respiration, and explain how it differs from cellular respiration.
Where does oxygen get into blood?
Red blood cells are like trucks that transport cargo on a highway system. Their cargo is oxygen, and the highways
are blood vessels. Where do red blood cells pick up their cargo of oxygen? The answer is the lungs. The lungs are
organs of the respiratory system. The respiratory system is the body system that brings air containing oxygen into
the body and releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Respiration
The job of the respiratory system is the exchange of gases between the body and the outside air. This process,
called respiration, actually consists of two parts. In the rst part, oxygen in the air is drawn into the body and carbon
dioxide is released from the body through the respiratory tract. In the second part, the circulatory system delivers the
oxygen to body cells and picks up carbon dioxide from the cells in return. The lungs are organs of the respiratory
system. It is in the lungs where oxygen is transferred from the respiratory system to the circulatory system. The
use of the word "respiration" in relation to gas exchange is different from its use in the term cellular respiration.
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Recall that cellular respiration is the metabolic process by which cells obtain energy by burning glucose. Cellular
respiration uses oxygen and releases carbon dioxide. Respiration by the respiratory system supplies the oxygen and
takes away the carbon dioxide.
An overview of breathing is shown at http://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy#p/c/7A9646BC5110CF64/35/
SPGRkexI_cs (20:33).
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Summary
Respiration is the process in which gases are exchanged between the body and the outside air.
The lungs and other organs of the respiratory system bring oxygen into the body and release carbon dioxide
into the atmosphere.
Practice I
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
http://www.hippocampus.org/Biology Biology for AP* Search: The Respiratory System: Overview
1. What is a "cellular engine"?
2. What is the role of these cellular engines?
3. What materials enter and leave the cellular engines?
4. Why do cells need oxygen?
5. What is gas exchange?
Practice II
Label the Diagram of Respiratory System at http://www.neok12.com/diagram/Respiratory-System-01.htm
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Review
1. What is respiration? What is ventilation?
2. How is respiration different from cellular respiration?
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