Title: Explain structures and functions of the respiratory system.
Course: Practical Nursing I (14052-I) > Section: Explaining Principles of Anatomy and Physiology

Explanation should include

- process of pulmonary ventilation
- process of external and internal respiration
- structure and function of the organs of the respiratory system
- pathway of gases
- transportation of oxygen and carbon dioxide in blood
- comparison of air pressures
- production of carbonic acid
- effects of aging on the respiratory system.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the process of pulmonary ventilation?
- What are the differences between external and internal respiration?
- What are the name, structure, and function(s) of each organ of the respiratory system?
- How is the pathway of gases through inspiration to the alveoli and from the alveoli into the cell determined?
- How is the pathway of gases from the cell through expiration determined?
- How are oxygen and carbon dioxide transported in the blood?
- How can intrapulmonic, intrapleural, and intrathoracic air pressures be compared and contrasted?
- What is the significance of carbonic acid to respiratory function, and how does this process operate?