The Interplay of Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems in Health

This report examines the crucial relationship between the respiratory and cardiovascular systems and their roles in maintaining the body's internal balance. It highlights how the lungs and heart work together to facilitate oxygen supply and carbon dioxide removal. The report explains the physiological processes involved, including blood pumping, oxygenation, and the impact of these systems on overall health. The report also includes the significance of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, and how their interdependence ensures proper bodily functions. The report highlights the importance of both systems being healthy to maintain the internal balance of the body. The report also includes references to support the information provided.

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“Importance of the interaction between the Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems in
maintaining the body’s internal balance “
Respiratory system and cardiovascular system plays a great role to determine that how
mechanisms work. The heart and blood vessels consist of veins, arteries and the capillaries. The
blood pumping is done by the four heart chambers of the body. The blood pumping function is
performed by the chambers. The four chambers perform the following functions. Two of
chambers are used to pump the blood from the heart through the arteries and the other two
chambers are used to pump blood from the heart through the veins. The lungs and airways are a
part of the respiratory system. The small airways start from the mouth to the lungs through
bronchioles (Morton, Fontaine, Hudak and Gallo, 2017).
Expansion and Contraction of lungs is done by the respiratory system. The function of
Respiratory system and cardiovascular is to see that there should be proper supply of oxygen in
the tissues and also sees that the carbon dioxide is not included. The oxygen is passed from the
respiratory system in the blood stream and from the blood carbon dioxide is eradicated. The
requirement of the oxygen is less when the blood passes from the heart. The blood pumps when
oxygenation process is involved and then it goes to the heart for rearrangement. When the blood
is transferred from the respiratory system to the cardiovascular system and back to the
respiratory system then the connection is seen between the two systems (Ionescu, 2013).
The two functions are dependent on each other. The outcome is that if the heart fails then
the lungs will not operate its functions in a proper manner. If both the systems are healthy then it
will give equal contribution to maintain the level of oxygen and also the body balance. The body
balance is maintained by the heart. It is only seen when the lungs function at a fast rate than at
normal rate. The fluctuation in the working rate can only be diagnosed when there is
enhancement in the carbon dioxide and also in the respiratory efforts. It is analyzed that there is
increase in the respiratory rates and also reduces the levels of oxygen (Gilbert-Barness, Spicer
and Steffensen, 2014).
It is concluded that the systems are dependent on each other, so that the internal balance
of the body balance can be sustained. The internal body balance is retained when respiratory
system is reliant on the cardiovascular system. If it is reliant on respiratory system then the

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functions are conducted in proper way. So it is necessary that both the systems should be healthy
to attain the positive results. If both the systems are healthy then the body remains stable and
conducts its functions in an effective manner (Sherwood, 2015).
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Sherwood, L., 2015. Human physiology: from cells to systems. Cengage learning.