A practical exploration of how the cardio-respiratory systems work together
I can explain how my cardiovascular and respiratory systems work together to support performance in sport.
A practical exploration of how the cardio-respiratory systems work together
I can explain how my cardiovascular and respiratory systems work together to support performance in sport.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Gaseous exchange is when oxygen and carbon dioxide move or diffuse from high concentration to lower concentration.
- Oxygen is delivered to the circulatory system and then to the working muscles.
- The respiratory system gets oxygen into the body, then the circulatory system transports it to the body.
Keywords
Cardio-respiratory - the combined functions of the cardiovascular system or heart and blood vessels and the respiratory system or lungs and airways
Gaseous exchange - the process where oxygen and carbon dioxide are transferred between the alveoli in the lungs and the bloodstream via capillaries
Performance - the execution of an action or the ability to achieve a task effectively and efficiently
Common misconception
All of the oxygen we breathe in is used by the muscles.
The body only extracts a small percentage of the oxygen in each breath so it is important we keep breathing during and after exercise. You can only moves gases to an area of lower concentration so once that is equal diffusion stops.
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Equipment
mini whiteboards to capture and arrange the name/ function of different parts of the respiratory tract and circulatory system responsible for getting oxygen to the muscles and carbon dioxide out
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
the sequence of events in a heartbeat (contraction and relaxation)
the number of times the heart beats per minute
the amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle per beat
the amount of blood pumped out of the heart per minute
the amount of air breathed in or out per breath