THE RESPIRATORY

SYSTEM
HOW THE RESPITATORY SYSTEM
WORKS?
When you inhale, you take in oxygen from the air, then
the air passes through your nostrils. Inside, there
are tiny hairs that clog dust particles, then the air
passes through the larynx, and the vocal cords
vibrate. After the larynx, the air passes through the
trachea, which filters the inhaled air, the bronchi
carry the air to each lung. Inside the lungs, they
continue to divide and become smaller tubes called
bronchioles and eventually end in tiny rounded sacs
with very thin walls called pulmonarys.
WHAT DOES THE RESPIRATORY
SYSTEM DO?
The respiratory system has many functions apart
from helping you breathe in and out, some are:
• Allows you to speak and smell.
• Heats the air to match your body temperature and
humidifies it to the level of humidity your body needs.
• Delivers oxygen to the cells of your body.
• You remove waste gases, including carbon dioxide,
from your body when you exhale.
• Protects the respiratory tract from harmful and
irritating substances.

WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF THE

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM?
• Mouth and nose: draw air from outside the
The respiratory system has many different body into the respiratory system.
parts that work together to help you breathe, • Sinuses: hollow areas between the bones of
each group of parts having many separate the head that regulate the temperature and
humidity of the air you inhale.
components. The airways carry air to your
• Pharynx (throat): Tube that carries air from
lungs. Your airways are a complicated system the mouth and nose to the trachea (windpipe).
that includes your: • Trachea: Passage that connects the throat
and the lungs.
• Bronchial tubes: tubes at the bottom of the
windpipe that connect to each lung.
WHEN YOU EXHALE, YOUR BLOOD CARRIES CARBON DIOXIDE • Lungs: two organs that extract oxygen from
AND OTHER WASTES OUT OF YOUR BODY. OTHER
COMPONENTS THAT WORK WITH THE LUNGS AND BLOOD the air and pass it on to the bloo0d
VESSELS ARE:
• Diaphragm: Muscle that helps the lungs to
Alveoli: Tiny air sacs in the lungs that exchange oxygen and carbon
dioxide. take in air and expel it.
• Bronchioles: Small branches of the bronchi that lead to the alveoli. • Ribs: Bones that surround and protect the
• Capillaries: blood vessels in the walls of the alveoli that carry lungs and heart.
oxygen and carbon dioxide.
• Lung lobes: Sections of the lungs: three lobes in the right lung and
two in the left lung.
• Pleura: thin sacs that surround each lung lobe and separate the
lungs from the chest wall.
SOME OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF YOUR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
INCLUDE:
• Cilia: tiny hairs that filter dust and other irritants from the
respiratory tract.
Information from: Classroom and Unoi
• Epiglottis: tissue flap at the entrance of the trachea that closes
when swallowing to keep food and liquids out of the airways.
Platform
• Larynx (voice box): hollow organ that allows you to speak and Images, shapes and script fonts from:
make sounds when air goes in and out. Canva

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