The Importance of Oxygen in Animals
Mako Sharks take in water through their mouths and then that water gets pushed out through the gills but before that happens it gets diffused through little blood vessels under the gills into it's blood stream then into the mitochondria which is the main part of a cell. If Mako sharks are immobile, the water will not filter through the gills like its supposed to. Humans obviously do not have gills but oxygen travels through their respiratory system which allows the oxygen to enter the blood stream. Like sharks, human's respiratory system allows oxygen to enter their blood stream and diffuse into the mitochondria of the cell.
Respiratory systems are systems that allows animals and humans to filter oxygen through their bodies in order to breath, create sound, and make energy. The human respiratory system starts with oxygen being moved into the nose or mouth by an inhale and then filters through the nasal cavity. After that it goes down the trachea and into the lungs. Traveling from the trachea to the lungs it passes through the bronchial tubes that are located inside the lungs. At the end of the bronchial tubes the oxygen goes into the alveoli and diffuses into the blood stream. Inside of the blood stream the oxygen diffuses into the mitochondria of the cells. In the mitochondria, a process called cellular respiration happens which includes glucose and oxygen being turned into water, carbon dioxide waste, and ATP (energy). After the cellular respiration, the carbon dioxide waste diffuses into the blood stream and back out of the body the same way the oxygen came in. This carbon dioxide traveling out of the body is what people call exhaling.
Sharks diffuse carbon dioxide waste out of their bodies by diffusing the waste into water. This is the same water that the oxygen was carried into the body of the shark, and now the water (bearing the carbon dioxide waste) leaves through the gills.
Respiratory systems are systems that allows animals and humans to filter oxygen through their bodies in order to breath, create sound, and make energy. The human respiratory system starts with oxygen being moved into the nose or mouth by an inhale and then filters through the nasal cavity. After that it goes down the trachea and into the lungs. Traveling from the trachea to the lungs it passes through the bronchial tubes that are located inside the lungs. At the end of the bronchial tubes the oxygen goes into the alveoli and diffuses into the blood stream. Inside of the blood stream the oxygen diffuses into the mitochondria of the cells. In the mitochondria, a process called cellular respiration happens which includes glucose and oxygen being turned into water, carbon dioxide waste, and ATP (energy). After the cellular respiration, the carbon dioxide waste diffuses into the blood stream and back out of the body the same way the oxygen came in. This carbon dioxide traveling out of the body is what people call exhaling.
Sharks diffuse carbon dioxide waste out of their bodies by diffusing the waste into water. This is the same water that the oxygen was carried into the body of the shark, and now the water (bearing the carbon dioxide waste) leaves through the gills.