RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

• Define the following processes:
  • Pulmonary ventilation (Breathing)
  • External respiration
  • Internal respiration
• List the muscles involved in quiet and forceful (active) inspiration and expiration.
• What is the function of Type II septal cells?
• Describe how oxygen and carbon dioxide are transported in the blood.
• What parts of the brain are respiratory control centers?
• Where are chemoreceptors that help regulate breathing located?
• Define Boyle’s Law and Dalton’s Law
• How does contraction and relaxation of the diaphragm affect the various thoracic pressures and volumes?