HUMAN BIOLOGY

ImmunIty and dIsease 175 section 9.5 Adaptive defenses attack specific pathogens. They combat a great diversity of antigens, and ...

Resistance to antibiotics has become common in part due to the widespread overuse of antibiotics in the livestock industry. A 20 ...

In this chapter your knowledge of concentration gradients and diffusion (3.10) will help you understand the mechanisms that move ...

178 ChapteR 10 the respiratory system: Built for Gas Exchange A septum (wall) of bone and cartilage separates the nasal cavity’s ...

the RespiRatoRy system 179 What are the main structures and functions of the respiratory system? The lungs and airways are the ...

respiration Processes that together deliver oxygen from the air to body cells and move waste carbon dioxide to the outside. resp ...

the RespiRatoRy system 181 SCIENCE COMES TO LIFE What is respiration? Respiration is the overall exchange of oxygen (O 2 ) and ...

182 ChapteR 10 10.4 Breathing: air in, air out Figure 10.9 Animated! The volume of the chest cavity increases, then decreases du ...

the RespiRatoRy system 183 expiration Exhalation of a breath. inspiration Inhalation of a breath. respiratory cycle The in/ out ...

184 ChapteR 10 pore that allows air flow to adjacent alveoli red blood cell inside pulmonary capillary fused basement membranes ...

the RespiRatoRy system 185 hoW are blood gases exchanged and transported? Oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse into and out of cap ...

186 ChapteR 10 Controls over Breathing a respiratory pacemaker in the brain sets the basic rhythm of breathing Adults usually ta ...

the RespiRatoRy system 187 hoW is breathing controlled? Respiratory centers in the brain stem control the rhythmic pattern of b ...

188 ChapteR 10 respiratory system Disorders: tobacco, irritants, and apnea A variety of infections and other disorders can preve ...

the RespiRatoRy system 189 get rid of the accumulating debris. Eventually scar tissue forms and can block parts of the respirato ...

190 ChapteR 10 pathogens and Cancer in the respiratory system resistant strains of M. tuberculosis have made treatment much more ...

the RespiRatoRy system 191 the respiratory system The airways and lungs bring in air and deliver the oxygen it contains into the ...

ExpLorEon yoUr oWn sUmmary section 10.1 The respiratory system brings air, which contains oxygen, into the body and disposes of ...

the RespiRatoRy system 193 Hemoglobin binds with or releases oxygen in response to shifts in oxygen levels, carbon dioxide level ...

194 ChapteR 10 Most carbon dioxide in the blood is in the form of. a. carbon dioxide c. carbonic acid b. carbon monoxide d. bic ...