The Respiratory System is made up of
several tissues with the same characteristics in function that all work together
to help the body breathe.
The Respiratory System helps our body
consistently exchange carbon dioxide particles with oxygen particles. Oxygen is
breathed in, while carbon dioxide is exhaled. The function of the Respiratory
System is to supply the blood, that is then carried out to the different parts
of the body, with oxygen. In order to achieve this, oxygen is brought into the
body through the nose. “Cilia”, hairs that cover the inside of the nose, stops
any dust or other substances that may have been part of the oxygen/air, from
entering the body.
The oxygen then travel down the trachea,
which is also known as the windpipe, eventually divides into smaller ‘tubes’
called the bronchi, into the right and left lung. The lungs are a major and vital organ in the respiratory system, and is where the exchange between carbon dioxide and oxygen occurs. The bronchi continue to branch
of like the branches of a tree, slowly decreasing in size. Attached to these
bronchi are little ‘grape-like’ clusters called “Alveoli”. The alveoli are
covered in “capillaries”, that then allow the oxygen particles to enter the
blood stream and through the blood cells. It is at this point that the carbon
dioxide one’s body produces exchanges with the new oxygen particles. When the
blood cells pick up the oxygen particles, the carbon dioxide particles are
released, and take the same passage the oxygen particles took in, to leave the
body. This cycle is then repeated, to keep the body alive.
several tissues with the same characteristics in function that all work together
to help the body breathe.
The Respiratory System helps our body
consistently exchange carbon dioxide particles with oxygen particles. Oxygen is
breathed in, while carbon dioxide is exhaled. The function of the Respiratory
System is to supply the blood, that is then carried out to the different parts
of the body, with oxygen. In order to achieve this, oxygen is brought into the
body through the nose. “Cilia”, hairs that cover the inside of the nose, stops
any dust or other substances that may have been part of the oxygen/air, from
entering the body.
The oxygen then travel down the trachea,
which is also known as the windpipe, eventually divides into smaller ‘tubes’
called the bronchi, into the right and left lung. The lungs are a major and vital organ in the respiratory system, and is where the exchange between carbon dioxide and oxygen occurs. The bronchi continue to branch
of like the branches of a tree, slowly decreasing in size. Attached to these
bronchi are little ‘grape-like’ clusters called “Alveoli”. The alveoli are
covered in “capillaries”, that then allow the oxygen particles to enter the
blood stream and through the blood cells. It is at this point that the carbon
dioxide one’s body produces exchanges with the new oxygen particles. When the
blood cells pick up the oxygen particles, the carbon dioxide particles are
released, and take the same passage the oxygen particles took in, to leave the
body. This cycle is then repeated, to keep the body alive.