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• The respiratory system includes lungs.
• I will explain what the lungs are useful for and I bet you
will be amazed
• The human respiratory system is a series of organs
responsible for taking in oxygen and exhaling carbon
dioxide.
• The primary organs of the respiratory system are lungs,
which carry out this exchange of gases as we breathe.
More on the respiratory
system
Lungs
o The lungs are a very important part of the
body. If we didn’t have air our body
would die.
o Here are a couple of problems with the
lungs that can be caused by Asthma
smoking and a couple other things.
o The lungs are the main organ in our body.
The lung on the left is smaller than the
one on the right to make room for the hart
to fit into the chest
• With asthma your air ways are repeatedly enflamed.
• Asthma is a common disease In the airway that then
moves to the smallest structure in the lungs.
• An asthma attack may include coughing, chest tightness,
wheezing, and trouble breathing.
Asthma
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Smoking is the worst thing ever for your lungs.
Lung cancer is caused by smoking.
More than 80% of cases are due to smoking.
Smoking can destroy the normal lung structure.
Smoking
• Did you know that each and every day we breath about
20,000 times.
• Without oxygen all our body cells would die.
• When our air is dirty our repertory system filters out
matter to the nose and to our waste area.
• If you run around a lot the lungs will work harder and
they will get stronger.
Fun lung facts
• Do you have any questions about this
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