RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Ryan Ho

8-17

Respiratory System

Main job is putting oxygen in the blood

Diseases such as Asthma

To get oxygen in the body

Gets rid of carbon dioxide

6 parts or more to the Respiratory System

Larynx

Known as the voice box

Lets you speak and sing

Contains all the vocals

Trachea

Know as the wind pipe

Leads air to the lungs

Bronchus

Airways from the lungs

Allows air to flow in or out of the lungs

Bronchioles

Smaller air ways Connected to the

bronchus Air goes in and

out

Lungs

Main organ of the respiratory system

Contains the bronchi

In every air breathing mammal

Diaphragm

Helps your body breathe

Irritated it will force air out of the lung

Where hiccups are located

Alveolus

Main job is too exchange gases

Exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide

Biblography Information http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/systems/respiration.html http://42explore.com/respsyst.htm http://kidshealth.org/kid/word/b/bronchial_tubes.html http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/T/trachea.html http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/L/larynx.html http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/alveolus.html Pictures wrong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Larynx_endo_2.jpg http://www.naturalhealthschool.com/img/trachea.gif http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTT9i3Qa_w9e25NYr

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