Breathing and Respiration Explained

What is breathing ? the movement of air in and out of the lungs What about

respiration ? a chemical procces that involves in the break down of nutrient molecules

Respration can take place with oxygen ( aerobically) or without oxygen (anaerobically) most of the chemical

reactions in aerobic respiration take place in the mitrochondria Uses of Energy in Released in Respiration

1)muscle concentration 2) protein synthesis 3)growth 4) cell division 5) generation of erve impulses

the larynx also known as the voice box - is when air passes across here we are able to make

sounds Trachea(windpipe)- it is about 10cm long and 1.5cm wide made from rings of cartilage and

each ring has a c shape the inner linning has ciliated epithial cells that have microscpic