RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

What’s the respiratory system our respiratory system brings oxygen into our body and helps to remove carbon dioxide. Our lungs are part of our respiratory system. They sit in our casket, defended by our rib cage. Problems with our respiratory system can reduce the oxygen that reaches our lungs, which can make us worse. Corridor of the respiratory system nose pharynx (throat), larynx (voice box), trachea (windpipe), bronchi (airways branching from the trachea, and leading to lower bronchioles), lungs How our respiratory system works You breathe by in contracting our diaphragm, a flat muscle at the base of our casket. This causes the casket to expand, drawing air in.

We breathe air in and out through the nose and mouth. The air is warm and bedewed along the way. The air passes through our larynx, which contains the oral cords that allow us to talk. Air also passes into through the upper airways, including the trachea (windpipe) and bronchi to reach our lungs. The filling of the respiratory tract makes mucus to trap foreign patches. In our lungs, air sits in small air sacs called alveoli, which are right next to blood vessels.

Oxygen from the air we breathe in peregrination from our alveoli into our bloodstream. The carbon dioxide travels the other way, from our bloodstream into our alveoli. We also breathe the carbon dioxide out. What are the symptoms of respiratory conditions? Symptoms of problems with the airways and lungs may include a watery or blocked nose, sore throat breathlessness heaving cough casket pain, coughing up mucus or numbness, or blood CHECK YOUR SYMPTOMS — Use the Symptom Checker and find out if you need to seek medical help.

To keep your respiratory system (and especially your lungs) avoid dangerous environmental factors similar as bank, dust and chemicals eat a healthy diet, maintain a healthy weight have an active life. Try to exercise down from busy roads with lots of air pollution. To reduce your trouble of getting or spreading respiratory infections wash your hands regularly stay home when you’re bad cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing Consider having the flu vaccine each time and keep up to date with your COVID- 19 vaccinations. Also, consider other vaccinations similar as whooping cough and pneumonia.