Your Respiratory System In this lesson, you will Learn About… The parts of your respiratory system. How your body uses the air that you breathe. Keeping your respiratory system healthy.

Bell Work Explain how the circulatory system works.

Standards 1 : The student will comprehend concepts related to health promotion to enhance health.

Indicators/ E.Q. Use evidence to describe how your body uses the air that you breathe.

Relevance Continuing the trend, describe how does your respiratory system work along with your skeletal, muscular, and circulatory system.

Your Respiratory System The Vocabulary terms in this lesson are: Respiratory system. Respiratory system Epiglottis. Epiglottis Larynx. Larynx Trachea. Trachea Bronchi. Bronchi Diaphragm. Diaphragm Alveoli. Alveoli

The Need for Air Air contains oxygen, a gas the body needs to maintain life. A person can live only a few minutes without air. Breathing—inhaling and exhaling—is carried out by the respiratory system.respiratory system

The Respiratory System Air enters through the nose and mouth. The throat has two passageways—one for air and one for food. The epiglottis is a flap of tissue that closes over the trachea when you swallow.epiglottis The larynx is the upper part of the respiratory system, which contains the vocal cords.larynx The trachea is a windpipe that directs air to the lungs.trachea The bronchi are passages through which air enters the lungs.bronchi In the alveoli of the lungs, oxygen is transferred to the blood, and carbon dioxide is removed from the blood.alveoli The diaphragm isdiaphragm a dome-shaped muscle that separates the lungs from the abdomen.

How the Respiratory System Works The respiratory system has two important jobs. It supplies oxygen to the blood—oxygen that is then carried to all the cells of the body. It removes carbon dioxide from the blood and releases it outside the body.

Inhaling and Exhaling When you inhale, you bring air into your body from outside. When you exhale, you release air to the outside. In this process, oxygen is exchanged with carbon dioxide inside your lungs. This continual exchange of gases helps maintain a constant supply of oxygen in your cells.

How Breathing Works When you inhale, your diaphragm contracts and moves down. Your ribs move out and up, increasing the size of your chest cavity. Air moves through your nose and mouth and into your lungs. When you exhale, your diaphragm relaxes and moves up into your chest cavity. Your ribs move in and down, reducing the size of the chest cavity and forcing air out of your lungs.

Problems of the Respiratory System Problems of the respiratory system include the following: Influenza and colds Bronchitis Allergies Asthma Pneumonia Emphysema Tuberculosis Lung cancer

Care of the Respiratory System You can keep your respiratory system working at its peak by following some common sense practices. Stay active. Avoid smoking and secondhand smoke. Avoid polluted air. Reduce your risk of respiratory infection.

The diaphragm Reviewing Terms and Facts 1._____________ is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the lungs from the abdomen.

2.Name the two jobs of the respiratory system. Reviewing Terms and Facts It supplies oxygen to the blood—oxygen that is then carried to all the cells of the body. It removes carbon dioxide from the blood and releases it outside the body.

Thinking Critically 3.List and give a brief explanation of the diseases of the respiratory system that are cause by tobacco smoke. Emphysema is a disease in which the alveoli are damaged or destroyed. Strongly linked to smoking, it causes serious breathing difficulties. Lung cancer is a disease in which tissues of the lung are destroyed by the growth of a tumor. The cause in most cases is smoking or secondhand smoke.

Vocabulary Review The respiratory system consists of the organs that provide the body with a continuous supply of oxygen and rid the body of carbon dioxide.

The epiglottis is a flap of tissue that closes over the trachea when you swallow. Vocabulary Review

The larynx is the upper part of the respiratory system, which contains the vocal cords. Vocabulary Review

The trachea is a windpipe that directs air to the lungs. Vocabulary Review

The bronchi are passages through which air enters the lungs. Vocabulary Review

The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the lungs from the abdomen. Vocabulary Review

Alveoli are microscopic air sacs. Vocabulary Review