Respiratory System
Any living organism must have cellular respiration. Cellular respiration is when Oxygen and glucose make ATP in the Mitochondria. cellular Respiration is when cells get rid of energy from the food they take in and use it to live. Cellular respiration forms cells to make ATP. Cells have ATP so they can support how much energy they produce. The whole process of ATP being produced by broken down particles because of cellular respiration happens inside the mitochondria.
Oxygen is important for all organisms so that they can live. There are two major reasons why the Coopers Hawk needs oxygen. First, oxygen allows its cells to function, reproduce and move. Obviously any type of organism needs to be able to do those things. Second, obtaining oxygen gets rid of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is part of cellular procedures in an organism's body. If too much carbon dioxide was in the body the organism would die. This is referred to as carbon dioxide poisoning. Unlike humans, birds need two respiration's to get rid of the oxygen. It is a more complex system.
Of course birds have lungs but they don't have a diaphragm. To replace a diaphragm birds have tiny muscles through their rib cage that open and close the whole body to push the air out of their body. Another tool birds have is air sacs. air sacs empty or fill with air, while manipulating the pressure in the body to push air in or pull air out. Air is brought into the bird's body by the nostrils and then travels into the air sacs. On the first breath, a bird exhales the air resting in the sacs, which travels lower to the bronchial tubes and slowly in the lungs. The second time a bird inhales, the air rapidly goes down to the second set of air sacs which releases the air from the bird's body. For a bird, oxygen is always in the form of air and it does not need to move the air to obtain oxygen; it passively just absorbs the oxygen. Diffusion occurs in a bird's respiratory system when the oxygen molecules enter the blood stream and carbon dioxide molecules exit out.
Fun facts:
- Birds can take in a enormous amount of oxygen, which means the air is always flowing inside the bird's body, giving it a constant significant amount of oxygen.
-Most birds take 16 - 18 breaths per minuet while humans take about 12-20.
Oxygen is important for all organisms so that they can live. There are two major reasons why the Coopers Hawk needs oxygen. First, oxygen allows its cells to function, reproduce and move. Obviously any type of organism needs to be able to do those things. Second, obtaining oxygen gets rid of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is part of cellular procedures in an organism's body. If too much carbon dioxide was in the body the organism would die. This is referred to as carbon dioxide poisoning. Unlike humans, birds need two respiration's to get rid of the oxygen. It is a more complex system.
Of course birds have lungs but they don't have a diaphragm. To replace a diaphragm birds have tiny muscles through their rib cage that open and close the whole body to push the air out of their body. Another tool birds have is air sacs. air sacs empty or fill with air, while manipulating the pressure in the body to push air in or pull air out. Air is brought into the bird's body by the nostrils and then travels into the air sacs. On the first breath, a bird exhales the air resting in the sacs, which travels lower to the bronchial tubes and slowly in the lungs. The second time a bird inhales, the air rapidly goes down to the second set of air sacs which releases the air from the bird's body. For a bird, oxygen is always in the form of air and it does not need to move the air to obtain oxygen; it passively just absorbs the oxygen. Diffusion occurs in a bird's respiratory system when the oxygen molecules enter the blood stream and carbon dioxide molecules exit out.
Fun facts:
- Birds can take in a enormous amount of oxygen, which means the air is always flowing inside the bird's body, giving it a constant significant amount of oxygen.
-Most birds take 16 - 18 breaths per minuet while humans take about 12-20.