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The Respiratory system. By Katie K. ,Dorian C. , Cierra P. The major Function in the Respiratory System. The major function in the respiratory system is to supply the blood and other body systems with oxygen . How the respiratory System works.
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The Respiratory system By Katie K. ,Dorian C. , Cierra P.
The major Function in the Respiratory System • The major function in the respiratory system is to supply the blood and other body systems with oxygen
How the respiratory System works • When you inhale the lungs blow up like a balloon. Then the bronchi and the alveoli witch are ways from the lungs to the blood witch carries the oxygen from the lungs to the blood and the other body systems • Another function in the respiratory system is to clear out the what the body does not need like carbon dioxide.
Possible Diseases • Emphysema is caused by smoking. • Lung cancer is a disease caused by uncontrollable cell growth in tissues. • Inflammatory lung disease is caused by a large neutrophil
How to prevent diseases • Don’t smoke! • Eat Healthy!
Fun Facts • Your lungs have about 1,500 miles of airways • Bronchioles are about the same thickness as hair, • There are 600 million alveoli in your lungs, and if you stretched them out they could cover an entire tennis court. • Yawning brings extra oxygen in your lungs • Yawning also gets rid of carbon dioxide that may be getting up in the lungs • Children and women breath faster than men
Our Questions about the respiratory system • Why does the lungs stop when you sneeze? Answer because your airways get cut off for a moment. • Why does your heart beat when you hold your breathe? Answer Because there is still a supply of oxygen eventually your heart will slow down and then stop. • What does the air you inhale go through? • Answer through the nasal passages and trachea
Resources • Living system books • The Remarkable Respiratory System • The Respiratory System • http://warriors.warren.k12.il.us/dburke/respiratorysystem.htm • healthland.time.com • slavicabogdanov.com • flickr.com • patientpower.info • en.wikipedia.org • littlehealthycompetition.blogspot.com