1. Title Page

2. Respiratory Intro You may be asking, what is the Respiratory system? Well, the Respiratory system is the system that helps you breath in and out, so oxygen (0 2 ) can be pumped through your body and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) can be removed from the blood stream. In other words, I am responsible for GAS EXCHANGE!!!

3. Where are we? Nasal Passage Bronchi Tubes Alveoli (air-sacs) Thin-walled blood vessels called capillaries Very thin cells line the alveoli so that O 2 and CO 2 can pass in and out of the blood. Bronchioles pass air to and from your alveoli. The Trachea is held open by partial rings of cartilage. Tongue Pharynx Here We Go!!! JH

4. Respiratory Overview Picture Nasal Cavity Nose Mouth Bronchus Bronchiole Alveolus Diaphragm Throat (pharynx) Windpipe (Trachea) Left lungs Ribs

5. The Nose and Mouth When the air comes into your nose it gets filtered by tiny hairs and it is moistened by the mucus that is in your nose. Your sinuses also help out with your Respiratory System. They help to moisten and heat the air that you breath. Air can also get into your body through your mouth/oral cavity but air is not filtered as much when it enters in through your mouth.

6. Nose and Mouth Nasal Cavity Nostril Oral Cavity Pharynx

7. The Pharynx and Trachea Next we will head down to your pharynx (throat) and your trachea (windpipe). This is where the air passes from your nose to your bronchi tubes and lungs.

8. The Pharynx and Trachea Your pharynx (throat) gathers air after it passes through your nose and then the air is passed down to your trachea (windpipe). Your trachea is held open by “incomplete rings of cartilage.” Without these rings your trachea might close off and air would not be able to get to and from your lungs. Pharynx (Throat) Mouth Trachea

9. Your trachea (windpipe) splits up into two bronchi tubes. These two tubes keep splitting up and form your bronchiole. The Bronchi Tubes and Bronchiole Intro

10. The Bronchi Tubes and Bronchiole These bronchi tubes split up, like tree branches, and get smaller and smaller inside your lungs. The air flows past your bronchi tubes and into your bronchiole. These tubes keep getting smaller and smaller until they finally end with small air sacs (called alveoli).

11. Alveoli and Bronchi Trachea Bronchi Tubes Bronchiole Alveoli

12. The Alveoli and Capillary Network Your alveoli are tiny air sacs that fill up with air/oxygen when you breath in. Your alveoli are surrounded by many tiny blood vessels called capillaries. The walls of your alveoli (and capillaries) are so thin that the oxygen or carbon dioxide can pass through them, traveling right into, or out of your blood stream.

13. Alveoli Picture Here is a close up picture of your Alveoli and a Capillary surrounding it. Capillary Red Blood Cell Oxygen is picked up Carbon Dioxide is dropped off Wall of the air sac

14. Nasal Passage Bronchi Tubes Alveoli (air-sacs) Thin-walled blood vessels called capillaries Very thin cells line the alveoli so that O 2 and CO 2 can pass in and out of the blood. Bronchioles pass air to and from your alveoli. The Trachea is held open by partial rings of cartilage. Tongue Pharynx Where are We? We are here.

15. Diffusion Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Membrane* Capillary * A specialized thin layer of skin that oxygen and carbon dioxide can pass through. Oxygen diffuses through the membrane into the blood stream. Carbon Dioxide diffuses through the membrane and enters the alveolus.

16. Cool pictures So once I am in the alveoli, I enter the blood vessel and leave to go to the heart to get transported anywhere in the body that needs me!!

17. Diagram of Diaphragm

18. Carbon Dioxide leaves the body the way oxygen entered the body… Capillaries Alveoli Bronchioles Bronchi tubes Trachea Pharynx Nose or Mouth Outside!!!

19. Fun Facts * At rest, the body takes in and breathes out about 10 liters of air each minute. * The right lung is slightly larger than the left. * The highest recorded "sneeze speed" is 165 km per hour. * The surface area of the lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court. * The capillaries in the lungs would extend 1,600 kilometers if placed end to end. * We lose half a liter of water a day through breathing. This is the water vapor we see when we breathe onto glass. * A person at rest usually breathes between 12 and 15 times a minute. * The breathing rate is faster in children and women than in men.