RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

• is made up of the organs in

your body that help you to
breathe.
• Remember, that Respiration =
Breathing. The goal of
breathing is to deliver oxygen
to the body and to take away
carbon dioxide.
 PARTS OF THE
BREATHINGSYSTEM

1. NOSE- The
organ through
which the air
enters and is
filtered.
2.NASAL PASSAGES-
serve as channel
for airflow through
the nose in which
the air is warmed,
cleaned and
moistened.
 The esophagus and
the air tube are joined
at the pharynx. The
hole between the two
tubes is called glottis;
it is the opening into
the larynx.
The larynx is also known
as voice box and also
referred as Adam’s apple
The glottis is always open
except when we swallow.
Above the glottis is
flaplike structure called
epiglottis. It closes the
glottis when we swallow.
3. TRACHEA- Also
called windpipe: a
hallow tube that
serves as
passageway of air
into lungs.
4. LUNGS-
     The lungs are the
main organs of the
respiratory system. In
the lungs oxygen is
taken into the body and
carbon dioxide is
breathed out.
5. Bronchi- Also
called bronchial
tubes; two
branching tubes
that connect the
trachea to the
lungs.
6. BRONCHIOLES-
the finer
subdivisions of the
bronchi; hairlike
tubes that connect
to alveoli.
6. ALVEOLI- also
called airsacs;
allow the gas
exchange in
lungs.
7.DIAPHRAGM- Breathing starts with a
dome-shaped muscle at the bottom of the lungs
called the diaphragm. When you breathe in, the
diaphragm contracts. When it contracts it flattens
out and pulls downward. This movement enlarges
the space that the lungs are in. This larger space
pulls air into the lungs. When you breathe out, the
diaphragm expands reducing the amount of space
for the lungs and forcing air out. The diaphragm is
the main muscle used in breathing.
 The air we breath goes
through the nose, nasal
passages and them through
trachea, or windpipe, which
separates into branches,
called bronchial tubes or
bronchi one entering each
lung.
 The bronchi subdivide many
times inside the lungs,
analogous to the branching
pattern of grapes, finally
becoming hair like tubes
called bronchioles. In the last
part of the terminal
bronchioles are tiny bubble-
like bunch of structures
called alveoli or air sacs
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KEY CONCEPTS
When you breathe in, or inhale, the
diaphragm muscle contracts. Inhaling
moves the diaphragm down and expands
the chest cavity. There is now more space
and less air pressure inside the lungs. Air
pushes in from the outside where there
is a higher air pressure. It pushes into the
lungs where there is a lower air pressure.
When you breathe out, or exhale, the
diaphragm muscle relaxes. The
diaphragm and ribs return to their
original place. The chest cavity return
to its original size. There is now less
space and greater air pressure inside
the lungs. It pushes the air outside
where there is lower air pressure.