How does the respiratory system work. Organs and disease

1. Learn about The Respiratory System By Danielle Hazelton

3. The Respiratory System

4. Purpose of the Respiratory System The purpose of the respiratory system is to take oxygen breathed in from the lungs into the blood so it can spread to the body cells. It also gets rid of the carbon dioxide in your body.

5. Quick Quiz The left lung is slightly larger than the right. True or False Hairs in the nose help to warm the air we breathe. True or False

7. Quick Quiz The capillaries in the lungs would stretch 1,600 kilometres if placed end to end. True or False How much water through breathing do we lose in a day? A) None B) Half a litre C) Three litres

10. The Lungs The Lungs

11. The Purpose of the Lungs Your lungs are complex organs, but what they do is take a gas (carbon dioxide) that your body needs to get rid of and exchange it for a gas that your body can use (oxygen). The airways are a series of hollow tubes, which let oxygen enter into the lung tissue as we breathe. Your lungs send oxygen to your heart so the blood can have oxygen in it. The lungs are a pair of spongy organs located inside the rib cage. The right lung has three sections, called lobes, and the left lung has two. How do the Lungs work

12. The Trachea The Trachea

13. The Purpose of the Trachea The trachea or windpipe, it is used so air can travel through your oral and nasal cavities to your lungs and back. The Trachea is located below the Larynx, which is just under the Pharynx (Throat). How does the Trachea work The trachea (windpipe) forms the trunk of an upside-down tree and is flexible, like a vacuum tube, so that the head and neck more. The cells that line the trachea have minuscule hairs, which collect any dust that you inhale, and prevent it from entering your lungs. It is then removed by coughing.

14. Lung Cancer Cigarette smoking and inhalation of asbestos fibres are two of most well known causes of lung cancer.

17. The End