The Respiratory System

Human lungs are paired with the left being divided into two lobes
and the right divided into three lobes. The left lung is slightly
smaller than the right lung and they are protected by your rib cage.

The respiratory system means of getting oxygen to the blood.

The respiratory system is responsible for
providing oxygen and removing carbon
dioxide. The primary function of the
respiratory system is to supply the
blood with oxygen in order for the
blood to deliver the oxygen to the
rest of the body. It does this
through breathing. When we
breathe, we inhale oxygen and
exhale carbon dioxide.
Oxygen enters the respiratory
system through the mouth and the
nose internally and externally. When
you breathe through your nostrils the
nasal hairs act as a filter from dust it
warms and moistens the air.
The oxygen then passes through the larynx which is muscle and
cartilage that contains the vocal cords commonly known as a
person’s voice box, and the trachea known as the windpipe which is a
tube that enters the chest cavity it’s filled with cartilage which
makes it flexible to stop it from collapsing. The trachea then splits
into two smaller tubes called the bronchi it then divides again
forming bronchial tubes leading to the lungs where they divide into
smaller tubes again connected to alveoli.
The Bronchus are formed by the trachea diving into two main
bronchi (the right and left) The right bronchi is shorter and wider
than the left bronchi it also subdivides into three lobar bronchi
while the left stays as two. The bronchus carries air into the lungs.
The alveoli are air sacs that hold oxygen. The oxygen molecules
diffuse from the alveolus in the capillaries then they attach to the
deoxygenated rich blood cells then they get breathed out as carbon
dioxide.
The inhaled oxygen passes into the alveoli and then diffuses
through the capillaries into the arterial blood. Meanwhile, the
waste-rich blood from the veins releases its carbon dioxide into the
alveoli. The carbon dioxide follows
the same path out of the lungs when
you exhale. As the diaphragm
contracts and relaxes, breathing
takes place.

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olus_diagram)

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Bibliography
•www.fi.edu/learn/heart/systems/respiration.html
•www.dentalarticles.com/images/respiratory-system
•www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolus_diagram
•www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_lung