James Barraclough

Respiratory System Transport of Oxygen

1.What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
2. What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
3. I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right,
and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
4. Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I
will die. What am I?

IN GROUPS/PAIRS:
5 MINUTES TO SOLVE THEM!!!
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Starter: Riddles

1.What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
ANSWER: A TOWEL
2. What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
ANSWER: A STAMP
3. I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and
in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
ANSWER: A SPONGE
4. Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die.
What am I?
ANSWER: A FIRE



Answers


Homework Answers

Objectives: by the end of the lesson, learners will be able to:
Describe respiratory complications
Discuss the impact of smoking on the respiratory system
Describe the adaptive responses of the respiratory system
to training
Topic: Respiratory System

In 2 groups create a poster using the following headings:
Respiratory complications:
Asthma
Medication (bronchodilators & anti-inflammatories)
Guidance for asthma sufferers
Impact of smoking:
Impaired transport of O2
Greater airway resistance
Adaptive responses to training:
Tidal volume & vital capacity (what causes this?)
Improved transport of respiratory gases (volume of blood & blood plasma
viscosity)
Enhanced gaseous exchange at alveoli & tissues (capillary density, pulmonary
blood flow)
Greater uptake of O2 by muscles (myoglobin/mitochondria)

THIS WILL BE UPLOADED TO MOODLE
Activity 1

Asthma:
Constriction of bronchial airways & inflammation of
mucous membranes = shortness of breath & restricted
ventilation
Medication:
Bronchodilators relieve symptoms
Anti-inflammatories help prevent attacks
Tips for asthmatics:
Dont exercise when symptoms start
Warm-up & cool-down appropriately
Try to exercise indoors when cold/damp
Train with a partner in case attack starts
Complications

Impairs O2 transport high level of CO in blood
reduces amount of O2 uptake as CO binds more
effectively to Hb. Can reduce VO2 max by 10%
Airway resistance through narrowing of air
passages. Inhaling smoke increases resistance of
airways immediately causes swelling of mucous
membranes.
Tar coats membranes reducing elasticity of alveoli &
reducing gaseous exchange. Therefore less O2 into
bloodstream
SMOKING
Increases in lung volumes:
Tidal volume (volume of air inhaled & exhaled each breath) unchanged at rest & submaximal
exercise, but increases during high intensity. More O2 taken in & more CO2 expelled
Vital capacity (maximum amount of air exhaled after max inhalation) increases slightly
Improved transport of respiratory gases:
Total volume of blood increases (and plasma) & red blood cells (erthrocytes) meaning more Hb
improving O2 delivery
Increased plasma means reduced blood viscosity & less resistance to blood flow & supply to
muscles
Enhanced gaseous exchange at alveoli & tissues:
Capillary density increases around alveoli & muscle tissue from endurance training meaning
greater gaseous exchange & more O2 to working muscles & better CO2 removal
Endurance athletes better pulmonary blood flow & minute ventilation meaning max exchangce
of O2 & CO2
Greater O2 uptake by muscles:
Endurance training improves ability of skeletal muscle to extract O2 from blood due to increased
myoglobin & mitochondria increasing VO2 max by c.10-20%
Enhanced O2 uptake by muscles also increases arterial-venous oxygen difference (a- VO2 diff.)

Adaptive Responses

What is asthma?
Constriction of bronchial airways & inflammation of mucous membranes
What does it lead to?
Shortness of breath & restricted ventilation
What medication can be prescribed?
Bronchodilators relieve symptoms & Anti-inflammatories help prevent
attacks
How does smoking impair O2 transport?
High level of CO in blood reduces amount of O2 uptake as CO binds more
effectively to Hb. Can reduce VO2 max by 10%
What does tar do to respiratory efficiency?
Coats membranes reducing elasticity of alveoli & reducing gaseous
exchange. Therefore less O2 into bloodstream
Give 4 ways exercise improves the respiratory system
Increases in lung volumes i.e. Tidal volume & vital capacity; Improved
transport of respiratory gases; Enhanced gaseous exchange at alveoli &
tissues; Greater O2 uptake by muscles
Recap Quiz





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