What are the functions of the Respiratory System?

Name the 2 zones at which we can classify the respiratory system regions with:

Which zone forms the Anatomical Dead Space?

Which zone has the Alveolar Type 1 and Type 2 epithelial cells?

Functions and characteristics of Type 1 and Type 2 Cells:

What are surfactants?

Explain Surface Tension in the alveoli and it's relation with surfactants:

*A syndrome where type 2 cells are immature in premature newborns and unable to produce surfactants?

Define the 2 types of Pulmonary-Blood Circulation

The mechanism of respiration and explain them:

The Mechanics of Respiration:

Lung volume and capacities:

Alveolar Ventilation:

What is the Physiological Dead Space?

Layers Forming the Blood-Gas Barrier

4 Factors determining the rapid gas exchange:

Ways of O2 transportations in body:

The 4 factors affecting the unloading of O2:

Ways of CO2 transportation:

How can O2 be delivered efficiently in fetus?

Components involved in the neural control of respiration:

1- Which chemoreceptors control the PO2
2- Which ones control PCO2

Name the 3 methods as to how unwanted substances can settle in the respiratory tract:

Ways of Respiratory Clearance:

Non-Respiratory Functions of the Respiratory System:

Describe Panting

The 3 Patterns of Panting

Generally, how many air sacs are found in domestic birds?

Avian comparative points