Raccoons Respiratory System
Raccoon's obtaining oxygen is necessary because it allows the organism to take in oxygen and release the waste of carbon dioxide from its body, balances the organisms blood, and produces energy. Raccoons breathe in oxygen through their nostrils or their mouths (like panting when they are hot) and once inside the body the oxygen goes into the lungs to the alveoli, which are sacs that hold air. The Raccoon breathing in oxygen is an example of diffusion because the oxygen is moving from an area of high concentration to a low one.In the alveoli are carbon dioxide and oxygen. Carbon dioxide comes from all the waste and "bad blood" found inside the Raccoons body. Once clean, the oxygen circulates the body picking up all the bad waste and goes to the alveoil where it will be exchanged with the clean oxygen coming into the body.The carbon dioxide is exchanged in the alveoli with the oxygen and is distributed out of the lungs the same way oxygen entered the body, also known as breathing in and out.
http://www.nativeremedies.com/petalive/articles/cat-respiratory-system.html
FUN FACT!!!
1.) Procyon Iotors take 15 brathes per minute.
2.) Raccoons regulate their body temperature by panting when they are hot and using their fur to warm them up when they are cold.
HOW MANY BREATHS DO YOU TAKE IN ONE MINUTE? GO AHEAD...TRY IT.
http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/0MCarnivor/Procyonidae/Procyon/Procyon_lotor/10PlotorDetPhy.htm
http://www.nativeremedies.com/petalive/articles/cat-respiratory-system.html
FUN FACT!!!
1.) Procyon Iotors take 15 brathes per minute.
2.) Raccoons regulate their body temperature by panting when they are hot and using their fur to warm them up when they are cold.
HOW MANY BREATHS DO YOU TAKE IN ONE MINUTE? GO AHEAD...TRY IT.
http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/0MCarnivor/Procyonidae/Procyon/Procyon_lotor/10PlotorDetPhy.htm
The Making of Energy/A.T.P.
Raccoons make energy the same place humans do, through the process of cellular respiration in which glucose is broken down to produce ATP. In which cells take nutrients to form ATP (adenosine triphosphate) which is a cell's energy bone. The mitochondria takes the glucose and burns it to form ATP and then stores energy. See graph below for better understanding on the process of ATP.