Respiratory System PDF
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This document describes the human respiratory system and its different parts such as the nose, mouth, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, lungs, and diaphragm. It explains how the system works, focusing on the exchange of gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide).
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THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM These are hollow spaces where air flows in and out. It filters and warm the air, and Thanks to the nose the air we make it moist before it goes into the lungs....
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM These are hollow spaces where air flows in and out. It filters and warm the air, and Thanks to the nose the air we make it moist before it goes into the lungs. breathe is clean, warm and properly humidifies before it NASAL CAVITY reaches our lungs NOSE MOUTH Also called the throat is a chamber for food and air. The mouth can also let the air in, humidify it and filter some PHARYNX particles before it reaches our lungs LARYNX The trachea, often called the "windpipe," A hollow organ that is like a special tube in your throat. Its connects the hroat to the job is to help you breathe and talk. It trachea and holds the connects the mouth and nose to the vocal cords (voice box) lungs. TRACHEA Bronchi are like the branches of They extract the oxygen when a tree inside your lungs. They you inhale and take out the let the air go inside your lungs. carbon dioxide when you exhale LUNGS BRONCHI BRONCHIOLES brionchioles are narrow tubes inside the lungs that branches off the main bronchi DIAPHRAGM trachea The diaphragm is a dome- bronchioles shaped muscle that helps you breathe. It helps your lungs expand and fill with alveoli air and contract when it bronchial tube exhales the air out. ALVEOLI tiny air sacs in the lungs where oxygen enters and carbon dioxide leaves the blood