The respiratory system is responsible for taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide. The lungs are the main organs in the respiratory system. According to the American Lung Association, red blood cells collect the oxygen from the lungs and carry it throughout the body where it is needed. As the red blood cells travel through the body, they collect the carbon dioxide, taking it back to the lungs where it is then exhaled.…
The lungs are spongy and soft lobes inside the chest, which is protected by the ribcage. Inhaled air is directed down the trachea, which is called windpipe as well, distributed into two tubes (bronchi) that each service a lung. The bronchi divide into smaller tubes called bronchioles, and further still into tiny air sacs called alveoli. Each alveolus has a fine web of capillaries where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.…
Volcanoes exist all around the world. They are the weakest spot on the Earth’s crust where hot lava comes to the surface. Volcanic eruption results from magma. The summit of magma sometimes they rise to the vent instead of the crater. Volcanos can also be by plate boundary.…
Energy is a necessity for all people living in America. There are many different ways of generating power, but they all have to follow the second law of thermodynamics. In such cases, they would either use the energy that is naturally around us such as air, water, and even nuclear. Some people stick to the more primitive methods such as coal burning. Which can release large amount of particulate matter and toxic gasses that inevitably contaminate the air around us.…
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency or EPA, “The San Joaquin Valley has some of the nation’s worst air quality, failing to meet federal health standards for both ozone (smog) and particulate pollution. Ground level ozone pollution has a corrosive effect on the lungs which may cause a decrease in lung functions while particulate matter such as soot, can enter the lungs and stick to them causing heart problems and breathing complications There are also several other health implications that can occur due to air pollution, some of those include, dry throat, chest pain and tightness, dry throat, head ache, nausea, and can also be more severe such as developing chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma and bronchitis (ValleyAir.org, n.d.). One of the health risks that is most common is Asthma. A health survey from 2001 by the California Health Interview Survey showed that there was a 24% higher prevalence of asthma in children in the San Joaquin Valley when compared to the rest of the state. In adults the survey showed that there was a 19% higher prevalence, overall there are approximately 110,000 children and 240,000 adults with asthma in the San Joaquin Valley alone.…
Why would you choose to mine THIS for a power resource? Why would you choose something that destroys ecosystems and pollutes the air over a cleaner energy source like wind power, solar power or hydroelectric power? Imagine you’re walking past a giant open field, would you rather see a black dusty machine filled smoky hole in the earth or a nice row of pretty white wind mills and solar panels on the houses? Not only does the second choice look better, but it doesn’t leave much of an impact, but coal does (a very huge impact).…
My chemical element is Sulfur. If you were to be looking at a periodic table, its symbol would be S. Sulfur’s atomic number is 16. Sulfur has 16 protons, 16 electrons, and 16 neutrons. Sulfur’s atomic mass is 32.065 and its mass number is 32. Sulfur comes from the Sanskrit word “Sulvere” and also the latin word “Sulphurium”.…
It can affect you if you breathe it in. The inhaling of the dust causes irritation of the upper respiratory system. If someone stops breathing, call the ambulance and immediately begin rescue breathing (CPR). It is an irritant, so it will irritate your nose and throat. If contact with skin or eyes, it can irritate the affected area.…
Gas exchange affects all processes of the body because everything in the body requires the gas exchange process to occur. The following are the interrelated concepts with gas exchange according to Giddens (2017); acid-base balance, anxiety, perfusion, nutrition, mobility, and fatigue. Acid-Base Balance is affected in a variety of different ways by gas exchange. For example, with chronic respiratory conditions such as COPD it causes respiratory acidosis which is essentially an increase in carbonic acid and a decrease in pH.…
Problem Ferris Corbett South University Online Environmental and Occupational Health | PHE5010 S01 Instructor: Dr. L. Brown September 14, 2016 Problem Carbon monoxide (CO) has no smell to it and no color as well (Walker, 2011). CO affects the body as a result of a particle of CO simply binding to the oxygen in the blood (Walker, 2011). As a result, oxygen becomes unable to be transported to the body (Walker, 2011). Poisoning from CO is actually being suffocated from within (Walker, 2011). Also, the poisoning from CO continues to increase over time (Walker, 2011).…
Coal Energy There are many different types of energy sources that are used in different countries across the world. One of these energy sources is coal. Coal provides as much a ⅓ of the entire world's energy. Coal also produces 30% of US energy. Coal is not, however, used in Idaho.…
Carbon monoxide is a gas with descriptive features being odorless and colorless gas that can be very fatal. Carbon monoxide can cause serious issues among the human body to the point where it can not consume more which either leads to an injury or a serious death. It is a very rapid death resulting from this gas it has maintained a nickname as the silent killer due to the feature of being odorless and colorless while being deadly. Even though it results in a fast death it would be very best to prevent this situation from occurring. The sources of carbon monoxide are anything that burns fuel therefore producing carbon monoxide.…
Scoliosis is a common spine abnormality that typically affects children at a young age into adolescence. There are different severities of the condition and approaches to the treatment of scoliosis depending on underlying conditions, age, as well as the type of scoliosis. There are multiple interventions that can be utilized to treat scoliosis; among them are exercise, bracing, and surgery. Scoliosis displays a significant impact on the respiratory system. Specifically, it can have a serious impact on lung function, growth of the lungs, makeup of the thorax, and overall respiratory function.…
Fossil fuels may give us the energy we need, but they are also choking us off as well. Carbon monoxide is well known for causing global warming, but there are other byproducts that are equally as bad. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists there are “two oxides of nitrogen--nitrogen dioxide and nitric oxide--are formed in combustion” (Air Pollution). Nitrogen oxides can appear as a yellowish brown clouds hovering over many cities. They have been found to cause irritated lungs, bronchitis, and pneumonia.…
However, the vehicles engine emitted nitrogen oxide pollutants up to 40 times above the legal standards. This pollutant is extremely dangerous and heavily linked to lung cancer. In total, affected vehicles in the U.S. are likely emitting between 10,392 to 41,571 tons of toxic nitrogen oxides into the air every year, based on the typical mileage counts. (Earth Talk). If only those vehicles complied with the federal pollution standards, they would emit 1,039 tons per year.…