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    The human breathing mechanism has several key steps: - Air enters the nose and travels through the nasal cavity, pharynx, trachea, bronchi and bronchioles before reaching the alveoli in the lungs. - In the alveoli, oxygen from the air diffuses into the blood capillaries while carbon dioxide moves in the opposite direction. - The oxygenated blood is then carried throughout the body via the red blood cells where the oxygen is released to tissues and cells as needed.

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    The human breathing mechanism has several key steps: - Air enters the nose and travels through the nasal cavity, pharynx, trachea, bronchi and bronchioles before reaching the alveoli in the lungs. - In the alveoli, oxygen from the air diffuses into the blood capillaries while carbon dioxide moves in the opposite direction. - The oxygenated blood is then carried throughout the body via the red blood cells where the oxygen is released to tissues and cells as needed.

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    The human breathing mechanism has several key steps: - Air enters the nose and travels through the nasal cavity, pharynx, trachea, bronchi and bronchioles before reaching the alveoli in the lungs. - In the alveoli, oxygen from the air diffuses into the blood capillaries while carbon dioxide moves in the opposite direction. - The oxygenated blood is then carried throughout the body via the red blood cells where the oxygen is released to tissues and cells as needed.

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    Human Breathing Mechanism

    Breathing is a physical process


    in which air is inhaled or taken
    in and exhaled or given out by
    a living body.
    Air enters the nose through
    both nostrils. The walls of the
    nostrils are lined with hairs to
    trap
    dust particles in the air.
    From the nostrils, air enters
    the nasal cavity. The nasal
    cavity secretes mucus to trap
    bacteria
    and other foreign particles in
    the inhaled air.
    From the nasal cavity, air
    enters the trachea.
    The trachea does not collapse
    because it is kept open by rings
    of cartilage. These cartilage
    rings are C-shaped.
    The trachea branches into a
    left bronchus and a right
    bronchus. Each bronchus goes
    into a
    lung.
    Each bronchus then branches
    into smaller tubes called
    bronchioles.
    These tubes end in many tiny
    air sacs called alveoli.
    The alveoli are surrounded by
    blood capillaries.
    Gaseous exchange takes place
    in the lungs by diffusion.
    The pathway of air flowing
    into our lungs is as follows:
    Nostril > nasal cavity >
    pharynx > trachea > bronchi
    bronchioles > alveoli
    1.2 Transport of Oxygen In The
    Human Body
    The air that enters the lungs
    fills up the alveoli.
    Oxygen from the air then
    diffuses into the blood
    capillaries.
    It combines with the
    haemoblobin in the red blood
    cells to form oxyhaemoglobin.
    Oxygen + haemoglobin
    oxyhaemoglobin
    The blood carries the oxygen
    in the form of oxyhaemoglobin
    to all parts of the body.
    When the oxygenated blood
    reaches tissues or cells that do
    not have enough oxygen, the
    oxyhaemoglobin breaks down
    and releases the oxygen.
    The oxygen diffuses through
    the capillaries into the cells.
    Adaptation of the alveoli for
    efficient gas exchange
    1. Large surface area
    2. Very thin walls
    3. Moist inner surface
    4. Surrounded by a network of
    blood capillaries

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