Respiration
By: Victoria Velazquez
Pharynx
After you swallow the food enters a tube like passageway for food, air,and liquids.
Larynx
The airway in which two pairs of horizontal folds of tissue( vocal cords) are attached.
Trachea
From the larynx, air flows into the trachea which is lined with mucus membrane and cilia.
Bronchi
air is carried into your lungs by shorter tubes at the end if the trachea, which then branch out into smaller tubes in the lungs.
Lungs
Masses of alveoli arranged in grape bunch like clusters in which capillaries surround the alveoli like nets.
Diaphragm
Contracts and relaxes to change the volume of the chest, allows gases to move into and out of your lungs.
Lung Cancer and Asthma
Inhaling the tar in cigarette smoke is the greatest way to develop lung cancer.
An allergic reaction to foreign substances are one of the causes of asthma attacks.
Infections
Bacteria, viruses, and some microorganisms could cause respiratory infections. These infections could harm any organ in the respiratory system
Bronchitis
Bronchial tubes get irritated and start to swell while too much mucus is produced.
Emphysema
When alveoli are reddened and swollen, and an enzyme is released to break down the walls of the alveoli.
Oxygen Carbon Dioxide
When you inhale oxygen is brought to your lungs to be transported throughout the blood, through your circulatory system. Carbon Dioxide along with water particles are rushed to your lungs to be exhaled.