THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEMKarl Naoe

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The Respiratory System

Helps you breath Oxygen comes

down your lungs. Oxygen contacts

your blood. CO2 is exhaled. Breath 15-25

times in a minute. More than 100x

CO2 is exhaled.

Larynx

Where air is breathed

Makes the sound of your voice.

Trachea

Known as the windpipe.

Connects nose and mouth to lungs.

Important vertebrate in respiratory system.

Alveolus

Small sacs in the lungs

Where oxygen and CO2 exchange.

Bronchus

Two Tubes in lungs

Connects the trachea to the lungs.

Bronchioles

A small air passage in lungs.

Leads to a much larger air way

Lungs

Two organs located at the chest.

It is responsible for the air we breathe.

Diaphragm

Lungs move up and down.

Helps you get air.

Bibliography

URL’shttp://www.lung.ca/children/grades7_12/respiratory/respiratory_system.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/resp1.htmhttp://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/respiratory/lung.htm

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-trachea.htmhttp://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2212 

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