The Respiratory System

By: Natthida

What Does it Do?

The respiratory system is responsible for bringing oxygen into your body, and removing arbon dioxide from your body!

The "ath#ay of $ir

%n its #ay to the lungs, air passes through the nose, pharynx, larynx, tra h ea, and bron hi!

&as 'x hange

$t the end of the smallest tubes in the lungs are millions of tiny sa s alled alve oli( this is #here the gases are ex hange d!

The Breathing "ro ess

The breathing pro ess is ontrolled by the a tions of mus les in your ribs and hest! There are t#o stages of breathing:
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*nhalation 'xhalation

,eeping -our Respiratory System .ealthy

-ou an /eep your respiratory system by avoiding toba o smo/e and air pollution and treating asthma if you have it!

$voiding Smo/e and $ir "ollution

The exposure to toba o smo/e and other air pollutants an seriously harm y our respiratory health! -ou should al#ays stay or #or/ in healthy environments!

0iving #ith $sthma

$sthma is a disorder in #hi h respiratory passage#ays be ome inflamed! During an ast hma atta /, the passage#ays narro# until air an barely pass through!

%ther .ealthful Behaviors

-ou an pra ti e other important healthful behaviors to prote t the health of your respiratory system:

$void Respiratory *nfe tions &et regular exer ise 1aintain a .ealthy Weight

$void Respiratory *nfe tions

1i roorganisms an es ape from the mu us and s#eep ilia to infe t the respira tory system! Bron hitis is an infe tion that auses the mu ous membranes to be ome inflamed!

&et Regular 'xer ise

$ regular exer ise program that involves several minutes of repetitive, non2stop p hysi al a tivity is really important to /ee p your respiratory system healthy!

1aintain a .ealthy Weight

When you are over#eight, your respiratory system needs to #or/ harder to deliver ade3uate oxygen than a norm al #eight person!

$ /no#ledgment

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