Question

What is the meaning of pulmonary respiration

Answer 1

pulmonary ventilation is the process by which oxygen enters and carbon dioxide exits the alveoli, respiration is the process by which oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse in and out of the blood. ... External respiration refers to gas exchange across the respiratory membrane in the lungs.

Answer 2

Answer:

Pulmonary Respiration:

• On land, the buccal cavity, skin and lungs all act as the respiratory organs.

• Breathing on land in atmospheric air with the help of lungs is called pulmonary respiration.

• It involves lungs and respiratory tract.

• The lungs are a pair of elongated, thin-walled, elastic, pink-coloured sacs present in the upper part of trunk region, i.e., thorax.

• The inner surface of each lung is divided by a series of partitions, the septa into many small cavities known as alveoli.

• Air enters into the buccal cavity through nostrils and then into lungs.