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It is responsible for

the intake of oxygen


in the body and the
removal of carbon
dioxide from the
body.
It is the inside of our
nose.
Nostrils are the opening into the nasal passages that are
lined with hairs.
Nasal vibrissae are hairs which filter dust and opter
particles that enter the nasal cavity.
Cilia are microscopic hairlike projections that filters
pathogens and microbes in the nasal cavity.
Pharynx serves as
the common
passageway for food
and air.
Larynx serves to
protect the lower
airways, facilitates
respiration, and
plays a key role in
phonation.
Trachea is known as
the windpipe.
Bronchi are the two
large tubes that
carry air from your
windpipe to your
lungs.
Bronchioles are air
passages inside the
Alveoli are grapelike lungs that branch off
structures which protects like tree limbs from
the lungs from pathogens. the bronchi.
Lungs are the main
organs of the
respiratory system.

Diaphragm is a
dome-shaped
muscles that
controls breathing.
Breathing When you inhale (breathe in),
air enters your lungs and
oxygen from the air moves
from your lungs to your blood.
At the same time, carbon
dioxide, a waste gas, moves
from your blood to the lungs
and is exhaled (breathe out).
This process is called gas
exchange and is essential to
life.

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