PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Breathing starts at the nose and mouth. You inhale air into your nose or mouth, and it travels down the back of your throat and into your windpipe, or trachea. Your trachea then divides into air passages called bronchial tubes. Then the oxygen goes to your lungs, then it gets sent to the blood.
The nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, are the organs in respiratory.
Several organs of the respiratory system are responsible for the process of breathing. The nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs work together to allow gas exchange to occur at the cellular level. Air breathed in through the nose and mouth enters into the lungs at a continual pace to provide a new supply of oxygen the body needs to work properly.
Some interesting facts about the respiratory system are: you can live with 1 lung, a person at rest usually breathes between 12 and 15 times a minute, Guinness World Records lists that Charles Osborne of Anthon, Iowa as record holder for hiccuping. For 68 years, he hiccuped. When at rest, humans exhale up to 17.5 milliliters (0.59 fluid ounces) of water per hour, and the common cold is by far the most prevalent respiratory-system illness, and may be the most common illness known today.
You can keep the organs in your respiratory system healthy by smoking, or breathing in any bad air.
Asthma, emphysema, bronchitis, and lung cancer can affect this body system. These diseases can be prevented most of the time by not smoking and keeping your lungs healthy.
The lungs are made up of little filtering units called alveoli. Your lungs are organs in your chest that allow your body to take in oxygen from the air. They also help remove carbon dioxide (a waste gas that can be toxic) from your body. The lungs' intake of oxygen and removal of carbon dioxide is called gas exchange. Gas exchange is part of breathing. Breathing is a vital function of life; it helps your body work properly.
