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| rdfs:label | - Respiratory System
- Respiratory system
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| rdfs:comment | - The respiratory system is an organ system contained in most organisms, and whose main purpose is the exchange of gases between the organism and the environment it is in. For humans, the system takes in oxygen and breathes out the carbon dioxide. Various species have their respiratory located in different places in their bodies. For example, the Talaxian respiratory system is wired directly into their spines. (VOY episode: "Phage").
- In 2153, the respiration of a Borg drone was among the biometric data collected by a team of researchers in the Arctic Circle. (ENT: "Regeneration") The respiratory system of a Talaxian was directly linked, in various points, to their spinal cord. (VOY: "Phage") The Android Lieutenant Commander Data also had a functional respiratory system with the purpose to maintain thermal control of his main systems. Data explained this to Doctor Julian Bashir after he noticed that Data was breathing. (TNG: "Birthright, Part I" )
- Respiration is breathing, i.e. inhaling and exhaling. More specifically, it is the exchange of gases between the external environment and an organism's cells. Respiration is achieved through the mouth, nose, trachea, lungs, and diaphragm. Inhalation is initiated by the diaphragm and supported by external intercostal muscles; oxygen enters the respiratory system through the mouth and the nose.
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| abstract | - The respiratory system is an organ system contained in most organisms, and whose main purpose is the exchange of gases between the organism and the environment it is in. For humans, the system takes in oxygen and breathes out the carbon dioxide. Various species have their respiratory located in different places in their bodies. For example, the Talaxian respiratory system is wired directly into their spines. (VOY episode: "Phage").
- In 2153, the respiration of a Borg drone was among the biometric data collected by a team of researchers in the Arctic Circle. (ENT: "Regeneration") The respiratory system of a Talaxian was directly linked, in various points, to their spinal cord. (VOY: "Phage") The Android Lieutenant Commander Data also had a functional respiratory system with the purpose to maintain thermal control of his main systems. Data explained this to Doctor Julian Bashir after he noticed that Data was breathing. (TNG: "Birthright, Part I" )
- Respiration is breathing, i.e. inhaling and exhaling. More specifically, it is the exchange of gases between the external environment and an organism's cells. Respiration is achieved through the mouth, nose, trachea, lungs, and diaphragm. Inhalation is initiated by the diaphragm and supported by external intercostal muscles; oxygen enters the respiratory system through the mouth and the nose. The oxygen then passes through the larynx (where speech sounds are produced) and the trachea, which is a tube that enters the chest cavity. In the chest cavity, the trachea splits into two smaller tubes called the bronchi. Each bronchus then divides again to form the bronchial tubes. The bronchial tubes lead directly into the lungs where they divide into many smaller tubes which connect to tiny sacs called alveoli. The average adult's lungs contain about 600 million of these spongy, air-filled sacs that are surrounded by capillaries. The inhaled oxygen passes into the alveoli and then diffuses through the capillaries into the arterial blood. Waste-rich blood from the veins releases carbon dioxide into the alveoli. The carbon dioxide follows the same path out of the lungs during exhalation.
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