RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

WHAT IS THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

• The respiratory system is responsible is to take in oxygen and gases need by all body cells. It also takes out carbon dioxide out of the body.

PARTS OF THE SYSTEM

• Nose
• Pharynx (throat)
• Larynx (voice box)
• Trachea (windpipe)
• Bronchi (like a tree)
• Alveolio(bundle of grapes)
• Lungs

DISORDER/DISEASES

• Asthma(difficulty breathing)
• Bronchitis(bronchi infection)
• Emphysema(elasticity lose)
• Lung cancer
• Influenza(flu)

FACTS

• The process of breathing is called ventilation.
• Inhaling is called inspiration, and exhaling is called expiration.
• Those two together are know has respiration.

MORE FACTS

• Two most common diseases for the respiratory system are, Lung Cancer and emphysema.
• Body only has about 4-6 minute supply of oxygen.

ADDITIONAL INFO

• Health careers in this field are, respiratory therapist, Pulmonologist, Thoracic Surgen,
• When asleep you lose .59 fluid ounces of water from breathing.