Learning Objectives

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

• identify the structures of the respiratory system.
• know the pathway of air from outside the body to the site of gas exchange in the lungs and the structures involved.
• understand the mechanism of breathing.

Lab Readings

Read the following materials before you begin the experiment.

1. The Respiratory System (Openstax, Bio2, Chapter 39)
   39.1 Systems of Gas Exchange
   39.2 Gas Exchange across Respiratory Surfaces
   39.3 Breathing
   39.4 Transport of Gases in Human Bodily Fluids
   
2. The Respiratory System (Lumen Learning, Bio2, Module (19)
   • Mamalian Systems
   • Protective Mechanisms
   • Introduction to Gas Exchange across Respiratory Surfaces
   • 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
   • Putting It Together: The Respiratory System

Videos

Watch the following videos before you start the lab activity.

1. View below or on YouTube Bell Jar Lung Model video
   https://youtu.be/5rbl6PwjyXk

2. View below or on YouTube Pulmonary Function Test
   https://youtu.be/6TApeMJ-rkc?t=3s

Lab Activity

 View the Lung Models below and identify the parts of the respiratory system.

1. Lung Models.

lung-models

2. Fetal Pig Dissection.
   Read The Dissection Manual (lumen learning) and view the slide presentation before start the experiment.

fetal-pig-respiratory-system

Quiz

Open the link and answer the short quizzes below:
–Structure of the respiratory system
–Lungs
–Mechanics of breathing
–Function of the respiratory system
–Lung volumes and capacities
–Gas exchange
–Gas transport
–Control of respiration
To find the explanation of your answers, please review The Respiratory System in Cliffsnotes.com