Learn about The Respiratory System

By Danielle Hazelton

Contents Slide

3 Respiratory System Diagram4 Purpose of the Respiratory System 5-9 Quick Quiz10 Respiratory System Organ: The Lungs (diagram) 11 Purpose of the Lungs

How do the Lungs Work12 Respiratory System Organ: The Trachea (diagram) 13 Purpose of the Trachea

How does the Trachea Work14 Lung Cancer: What is it?15 Cervical Cancer: Symptoms 16 Cervical Cancer: Treatment & Prevention

The Respiratory System

Purpose of the Respiratory System

The purpose of the respiratory system is to take oxygen breathed in from the lungs into the blood so it can spread to the body cells. It also gets rid of the carbon dioxide in your body.

Quick Quiz

The left lung is slightly larger than the right.

True or False

Hairs in the nose help to warm the air we breathe. True or False

What do you think the highest recorded "sneeze speed" is? A) 50 km B) 115 km C) 165 km

Quick Quiz

The surface area of the lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court.

True or False

Quick QuizThe capillaries in the lungs would

stretch 1,600 kilometres if placed end to end.

True or False

How much water through breathing do we lose in a day? A) None B) Half a litre C) Three litres

A person sleeping only breathes between 12 and 15 times a minute.

True or False

Quick Quiz

The breathing rate is faster in… A) Men B) Men and Woman C) Woman and Children

Yawns aren’t always a sign of tiredness. True or False

Quick Quiz

Which organ causes hiccups? A) Diaphragm B) Lungs C) Trachea

The Lungs

The Lungs

The Purpose of the Lungs

Your lungs are complex organs, but what they do is take a gas (carbon dioxide) that your body needs to get rid of and exchange it for a gas that your body can use (oxygen). The airways are a series of hollow tubes, which let oxygen enter into the lung tissue as we breathe. Your lungs send oxygen to your heart so the blood can have oxygen in it.

The lungs are a pair of spongy organs located inside the rib cage. The right lung has three sections, called lobes, and the left lung has two.

How do the Lungs work

The Trachea

The Trachea

The Purpose of the TracheaThe trachea or windpipe, it is used so air can travel through your oral and nasal cavities to your lungs and back. The Trachea is located below the Larynx, which is just under the Pharynx (Throat).

How does the Trachea work

The trachea (windpipe) forms the trunk of an upside-down tree and is flexible, like a vacuum tube, so that the head and neck more. The cells that line the trachea have minuscule hairs, which collect any dust that you inhale, and prevent it from entering your lungs. It is then removed by coughing.

Lung Cancer

Cigarette smoking and inhalation of asbestos fibres are two of most well known causes of lung cancer.

Lung Cancer

The symptoms of lung cancer may include…•Having a cough most of the time    •A change in a cough you have had for a long time    •Being short of breath    •Coughing up phlegm (sputum) with signs of blood in it    •An ache or pain when breathing or coughing    •Loss of appetite    •Fatigue    •Losing weight

Symptoms

Lung Cancer

Treatment Depending on which type of lung cancer you have you will

get different treatment. Most cancer is treated by chemotherapy and radiotherapy to the lung, surgery is only suitable if the cancer has not spread to any nearby lymph glands.

PreventionTobacco use is the leading cause of lung cancer. More than 85% of lung cancers are caused by smoking. One study shows that eating a diet rich in nutrients called phytoestrogens may help reduce your risk of lung cancer. Phytoestrogens are found in a wide variety of whole grains, legumes such as chickpeas, vegetables, and soy products.

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