Respiration

Your 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 respiratory system

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. The red blood cells are
responsible for picking up the oxygen in the lungs and
carrying the oxygen to all the body cells that need it. The
red blood cells drop off the oxygen to the body cells, then
pick up the carbon dioxide which is a waste gas product
produced by our cells. The red blood cells transport the
carbon dioxide back to the lungs and we breathe it out
when we exhaleContents

Trachea
The trachea (TRAY-kee-uh} is sometimes called the windpipe. The trachea filters the air we breathe
and branches into the bronchi.
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Bronchi
The bronchi (BRAHN-ky) are two air tubes that branch off of the trachea and carry air directly into the
lungs.
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Diaphragm
Breathing starts with a dome-shaped muscle at the bottom of the lungs called the diaphragm (DY-uh-
fram). 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.
 300 million alveoli may be found in a pair of human lungs.

Approximately, 1500 miles of airways are present in human

lungs.

In human beings, right lung is larger than left lung for

accommodating heart.

We often notice people yawning, arent we? It happens

when the brain detects low oxygen levels in lungs and it
triggers back the response to the body, so that it can intake
large amounts of oxygen.

An average person breathes in the equivalent of 13 pints of

air every minute.

Young children laugh for an average of 300 times in a day,

whereas adults on average of 15 100 times in a day.

Hiccups are caused by various things, and occur due to

sudden movements in diaphragm. This is a product of
spasms and eating too fast is another cause.

Guinness World Records lists that Charles Osborne of

Anthon, Iowa as record holder for hiccuping. For 68 years,
he hiccuped.

Laughter is the best medicine, may have some truth. It

helps to boost the immune system.
 When any irritant, like dust particle or pollen comes in
contact with mucus membranes in nose. The body triggers
that foreign substance by sneezing.

Human sneeze travels faster. The fasted recorded sneeze is

120 miles per hour in speed.

Cold virus can survive on a stable object for nearly 3 days.

It is a must to clean regularly certain things, like doorknobs
which everyone touches.

The droplets that come out while coughing can travel up to

3 feet. So, people are suggested to cover mouths while
coughing.

The right lung is slightly larger than the left.

Hairs in the nose help to clean the air we breathe as

well as warming it.
The highest recorded "sneeze speed" is 165 km per
hour.
The surface area of the lungs is roughly the same size
as a tennis court.
The capillaries in the lungs would extend 1,600
kilometres if placed end to end.
 We lose half a litre of water a day through breathing.
This is the water vapour we see when we breathe
onto glass.
A person at rest usually breathes between 12 and 15
times a minute.
The breathing rate is faster in children and women
than in men.
The right lung is slightly larger than the left.

Hairs in the nose help to clean the air we breathe as

well as warming it.
The highest recorded "sneeze speed" is 165 km per
hour.
The surface area of the lungs is roughly the same size
as a tennis court.
The capillaries in the lungs would extend 1,600
kilometres if placed end to end.
We lose half a litre of water a day through breathing.
This is the water vapour we see when we breathe
onto glass.
A person at rest usually breathes between 12 and 15
times a minute.
 The breathing rate is faster in children and women than
in men.