Respiratory system

Your respiratory system is at

work whenever you smell, sing,
talk, laugh, or breath.
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The sinuses are small, air-filled cavities
behind your cheekbones and forehead.

• The mucus produced by your

sinuses usually drains into your
nose through small channels.
• Sinuses warm and moisten the air.
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Air enters through the nose or
mouth.

• With its hair and mucus the

nose traps dust and germs.
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Air passes from the sinus to the back

of the throat and into the larynx.

• The larynx contains the vocal

cords
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In the lungs each bronchi branches
into smaller and smaller tubes called
bronchioles

• Asthma is a disease in which these

tubes may become narrowed.
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Web of
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How muscles help you breathe?
When you breathe in, or inhale, your diaphragm
contracts (tightens) and moves downward. This
increases the space in your chest cavity, into which
your lungs expand.

The rib cage muscles also help enlarge the chest

cavity. They contract to pull your rib cage both upward
and outward when you inhale.
 Getting oxygen to cells

• In insects the respiratory system

carries oxygen.

• In worms the circulatory system

carries oxygen.
 Getting oxygen to cells
The cells of all multicellular organisms need oxygen in order
to get energy.
People have both respiratory system and circulatory system.

They work together to get oxygen to all cells.

The output of one system is the input of the other system.

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