Download Respitary system - Bingham-5th-2012

By: Marcie Thierry, Annaliese Blumburgs and Andrew
Palmer
4 interesting facts
 You breath, 13 pints of air every minute.
 Yawning gives more oxygen to the lungs.
 The right lung is a little bigger then the left one.
 If you have asthma your lungs are smaller than they
should be.
Where is it located?
The respitary system is located by the upper part of the body like the lungs.
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Disorders and Diseases
 Lung Cancer is a really bad disease that can clog up
your lungs.
 Sepsis and septic shock can result from an infection
anywhere in the body, including pneumonia.
Major Functions
 The trachea (Trakea) is commonly known as the
windpipe, it is a tube that is about 4 inches long and
less than an inch in diameter in most people.
 The left and right lungs help/make you breath
 Bronchial tubes are the tubes where air passes through
your lungs. When you breathe air in, it passes from
your nose or mouth, through the larynx, and into the
trachea or wind pipe.
 Alveoli are the tiny air sacs in the lungs (alvealis)
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3 Questions
 Can Respiratory system disorders and diseases kill
people?
 Does everyone have lungs that are the same size?
 Of you yawn do you get more oxygen or do you get less
oxygen?
Answers
 Yes, disorders and diseases can kill people.
 No, if you have asthma your lungs are smaller than
they should be.
 You get more oxygen not less.
How the respiratory system works with
others in the body?
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4zOXOM6wgE
 The respiratory system works with other body parts
like the circulatory system.
 The Respiratory system gets oxygen into the
Circulatory system that takes the Oxygen, through the
blood stream, to other parts of the body.
Thank you for watching
Links: http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/lungs.html,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4zOXOM6wgE,
http://asthma.about.com/od/glossary/g/Definition-OfBronchial-Tubes.htm