Learning Objectives

After completing this lab, the students will be able to:

• identify the structures of the respiratory system.
• describe the passage of air from the outside environment to the lungs
• understand the mechanism of breathing.
• identify systemic and pulmonary system.
• describe the anatomy of the heart and blood vessels.
• trace the flow of blood through the heart and entire body.

Lab Readings

Read the following materials before doing the lab activities.

1. Circulatory and Respiratory Systems. (Openstax)
2. The Respiratory System. (Lumen Learning)
   • Breathing Capacity
   • Gas Pressure and Respiration
   • Gas Exchange across the Alveoli
   • Introduction to Breathing
   • Types of Breathing
   • The Mechanics of Human Breathing
   • The Work of Breathing
   • Dead Space
   • Introduction to Transport of Gases in Human Bodily Fluids
   • Transport of Oxygen in the Blood
   • Transport of Carbon Dioxide in the Blood

3. Cardiovascular System.

3. The Circulatory System (Lumen learning)
   • The Role of Blood in the Body
   • Blood Cells
   • Components of Blood
   • Introduction to the Mammalian Heart
   • Structure of the Heart
   • The Cardiac Cycle
   • Blood Vessels
   • Blood Circulation
   • Blood Pressure
   • Putting It Together: The Circulatory System
   • Cerego: The Circulatory System

4. Respiratory Diseases
   Pneumonia.
   

5. Cardiovascular disease.

Videos

Watch the following videos to build your knowledge on the topic.

1. Bell Jar Lung Model Video. (Dr. Dan’s Anatomosphere)
2. Pulmonary Function Test. (Strong Medicine)
3. How to: Measure Blood Pressure. (PolyFit CP)
4. How COVID-19 Affects Your Lungs. (NHLBI)

Lab Activity

1. Study The Lung and Heart Model slides below and identify their structures.

lung-models

heart-models

Quiz

1. Open these links and answer the short quizzes below:
   • Structure of the respiratory system
   • Lungs
   • Heart
   • Circulatory Pathway