resperation releases energy from glucose so that life processes can carry on.
aerobic resperation
aerobic respiration is the respiration that needs oxygen.
anaerobic respiration
anaerobic respiration is the respiration where it does not need oxygen
life processes
growth and repair
movement
control of body temperature in mammels
resperation is a chemical
reaction that happens in all
living cells, including pland
and animal cells. it is the
way that energy is released
from glucose so that all the
other chemical processes
needed for life can happen.
DO NOT confuse
respiration with
breathing
the word equation for aerobic respiration
is: glucose + oxygen = carbon dioxide +
water
the word equation for anaerobic
respiration is: glucose = lactic acid
aerobic respiration needs
oxygen, and it produces carbon
dioxide as a waste product. the
human respiratory system
contains the organs that allow
us to get the oxygen we need
and to remove the waste carbon
dioxide we do not need. it
contains:
Two lungs
tubes leading from the mouth and nose to the lungs
various structures in the chest that
allow air to move in and out of the
lungs
when we breath(inhaling) in our:
diaphragm contracts and moves downwards.
our intercostal muscles contract,moving the ribs upwards and outwards.
the volume of our ribcage increases
the pressure in our chest decreases below atmospheric pressure.
the movement of air moves into the lungs
when we breath out(exhaling) our:
diaphragm relaxes and moves upward
intercostal muscles relax, letting the ribs move downward and inward
the volume of our ribcage decreases
the pressure inside the chest increases above atmospheric pressure
the movement of air moves out of the lungs
alveoli
the alveoli are adapted to make
gas exchange in lungs happen
easily and efficiently. some of the
features of the alveoli are:
they give the lungs a really big surface area
they have moist thin walls (one cell thick)
they have a lot of tiny blood vessals called capillaries
the gases move by diffusion
from where they have a high
concentration to where they
have a low concentration;
oxygen diffuses from the air in the alveoli into the blood
carbon dioxide diffuses from the blood into the air in
the alveoli
we need to get oxygen from the air into our
blood, and we need to remove waste carbon
dioxide from the blood into the air. moving
gases like this is called gas exchange