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Functions
Collects carbon dioxide and exhales it out of the
body.
Collects oxygen and sends it throughout the
body in our blood.
The oxygen keeps you alive!

Oxygen Cycle

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Nose - Air moves through the nose.
Pharynx - A passageway for both air and food.
Larynx - Air moves through the larynx.
Trachea - Also called the windpipe.
Bronchi - Large passageways into the lungs.
Lungs - The convert gases and produce oxygen.

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Pleura: double layered serous
membranes on each lung
Epithelium: (squamous and cilious) are
two diferent types of muscle tissue in
the lungs
Alveoli: exchanges gasses inside the
lungs

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Diseases o
Asthma:

The inflammation of the airways, causes wheezing


and shortness of breath.

COPD:

Inability to exhale normally, making it hard to

breathe.

Lung cancer:

Caused by smoking and mutations in the


DNA, can cause death if not found soon enough.

Cystic Fibrosis:

A genetic condition that causes buildup

of mucus in the bronchi.

Black Lung:
smoking.

Lungs turn black after extended exposure to

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breath bag
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