Posterior intercostal arteries 3
Share your inquiries now with community members
Click Here
Sign up Now
Lessons List | 100
Lesson
Show More
Lessons
Comments
Related Courses in Medical
Course Description
The respiratory system (also respiratory apparatus, ventilatory system) is a biological system consisting of specific organs and structures used for gas exchange in animals and plants. The anatomy and physiology that make this happen varies greatly, depending on the size of the organism, the environment in which it lives and its evolutionary history. In land animals the respiratory surface is internalized as linings of the lungs. Gas exchange in the lungs occurs in millions of small air sacs; in mammals and reptiles these are called alveoli, and in birds they are known as atria. These microscopic air sacs have a very rich blood supply, thus bringing the air into close contact with the blood. These air sacs communicate with the external environment via a system of airways, or hollow tubes, of which the largest is the trachea, which branches in the middle of the chest into the two main bronchi. These enter the lungs where they branch into progressively narrower secondary and tertiary bronchi that branch into numerous smaller tubes, the bronchioles. In birds the bronchioles are termed parabronchi. It is the bronchioles, or parabronchi that generally open into the microscopic alveoli in mammals and atria in birds. Air has to be pumped from the environment into the alveoli or atria by the process of breathing which involves the muscles of respiration.
In most fish, and a number of other aquatic animals (both vertebrates and invertebrates) the respiratory system consists of gills, which are either partially or completely external organs, bathed in the watery environment. This water flows over the gills by a variety of active or passive means. Gas exchange takes place in the gills which consist of thin or very flat filaments and lammelae which expose a very large surface area of highly vascularized tissue to the water.
Other animals, such as insects, have respiratory systems with very simple anatomical features, and in amphibians even the skin plays a vital role in gas exchange. Plants also have respiratory systems but the directionality of gas exchange can be opposite to that in animals. The respiratory system in plants includes anatomical features such as stomata, that are found in various parts of the plant.
Trends
MS Excel
Learning English Speaking
Video editing with adobe premiere
Python programming language
English greetings and responses
ChatGPT high level
Mobile Apps from Scratch
Communication Skills
Ethical Hacking
python programming essentials for beginners
C Programming Errors and Testing
English Language
Business Law fundamentals
Magento Formation Français
Data Structure in C for Beginners
Artificial intelligence questions basics
Big Data Analytics skills for beginners
Data structure types for beginners
Influencer marketing strategies for beginners
Improve english grammar skills
Recent
C Programming from scratch
Creating Unhackable Passwords with C
Most dangerous hacking gadgets in 2024
Nessus vulnerability scanning for beginners
Designing VB NET booking system form layout
Building a shark attack game in scratch
Programming with VBA for beginners
Graph data Structure
Latches and Flip Flops in digital systems
Merge Sort Algorithm techniques
Karnaugh maps with 4 variables
Array Variables in Programming
Creating a hangman game using VBA
Quicksort 2 Alternative Algorithm
Sorting algorithms for beginners
Logic gate expression techniques
Big O complexity for beginners
Fixed Point binary fractions for beginners
Laws of Boolean algebra fundamentals
Syntax analysis in compilation