Respiratory System
Anatomy of the Respiratory System
What is respiration?
- inhaling (inspiration) - taking in oxygen
- exhaling (expiration) - giving off carbon dioxide
What makes up the respiratory system?
The respiratory system is made up of the organs involved in breathing and consists of the:- nose
- pharynx
- larynx
- trachea
- bronchi
- lungs
- nose
- nasal cavity
- ethmoidal air cells
- frontal sinuses
- maxillary sinus
- larynx
- trachea
- lungs
- bronchi
- alveoli
What do lungs do?
The lungs take in oxygen, which all cells throughout the body need to live and carry out their normal functions. The lungs also get rid of carbon dioxide, a waste product of the body's cells.The lungs are a pair of cone-shaped organs made up of spongy, pinkish-gray tissue. They take up most of the space in the chest, or the thorax (the part of the body between the base of the neck and diaphragm).
The lungs are inside in a membrane called the pleura.
The lungs are separated from each other by the mediastinum, an area that contains the following:
- heart and its large vessels
- trachea (windpipe)
- esophagus
- thymus
- lymph nodes
- enters the body through the nose or the mouth
- travels down the throat through the larynx (voice box) and trachea (windpipe)
- goes into the lungs through tubes called main-stem bronchi
- one main-stem bronchus leads to the right lung and one to the left lung
- in the lungs, the main-stem bronchi divide into smaller bronchi
- and then into even smaller tubes called bronchioles
- bronchioles end in tiny air sacs called alveoli
- one main-stem bronchus leads to the right lung and one to the left lung
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