Respiratory System
For animals to live, there must be an exchange of life-sustaining gases between them and their environment; this is the act of breathing or respiration. It happens when energy is released from body cells. It involves taking in oxygen and eliminating waste products such as carbon dioxide. The purpose of this process is to provide energy to cells and satisfy their metabolic needs. Organisms respire to fuel their living processes. Respiration can be aerobic, which uses glucose and oxygen (animals), or anaerobic that uses glucose only (plants).
Respiration happens through a network of organs that forms the respiratory system (Sollid & Nilsson, 2018). They include airways, nose, mouth, windpipe, and blood vessels. These organs work together to facilitate gas exchange between lungs and body tissues, acid-base balance, phonation, pulmonary defense, and metabolism (Seaton et al., 2008). The way through which air enters and leaves the body is called airway anatomy. It is alienated into the upper airway and lower airway. The nose and nasal passages, sinuses and pharynx, and upper part of vocal folds comprise the upper respiratory tract (Sollid & Nilsson, 2018). The lower tract contains the lower part of the larynx, trachea bronchi, and bronchioles. According to Sollid and Nilsson (20180, the system consists of various respiratory structures that complete the process. They include alveoli, which are tiny sacs used for gas exchanges, cells such as cilia cells located across the apical surface and facilitate the movement of mucus across the airway tract.
The main function of the respirator tract is to allow for gas exchange.
Oxygen and Carbon dioxide
Lungs change sizes which changes by muscles (names them) this change in size also changes the pressure in lungs with respect to atmosphere and Boyles law…
allows for oxygen to diffuse into capillaries and CO2 to diffuse into alveoli…
Asthma, chronic bronchitis, allergies are among the diseases that damage the respiratory system (Dugani et al., 2010). Asthma is a disease where the airwaves get damaged and produce extra mucus, making breathing difficult, triggers coughing, and causes chest pains. The disease affects the lungs’ airways ((((describe which parts)))), and their linings get into a hypersensitive state characterized by redness and swelling—inflammation? Also mucous build up? Obstruction?. Is smooth muscle affected? Broncho constriction?
What would this do to oxygen saturation? What is oxygen saturation? What is normal? What was the patients?
What are treatments for asthma, general class of medications and specific examples? Treat inflammation? Broncho dilators? Corticosteroids and how do they work. Etc..
Respiratory infections can make this worse and the patient was diagnosed with influenza? What are treatments? Rest and fluids, antivirals?
In conclusion, respiration is a critical process that means life to organisms happens by harmonizing various organs. Asthma is one of the chronic respiratory diseases by damaging the airways and produce extra mucus. More research should be put into dealing with respiratory illnesses that kill people every day in the world.
