Respiratory System

What is the main function of the respiratory system?

• to provide oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the body

• o break down food and absorb nutrients

• to remove oxygen from the body and deliver carbon dioxide

What are the main organs of the respiratory system that allow us to breathe and for gas exchange to happen?

• diapragm

• lungs

• trachea

What is function of the dome-shaped diaphragm muscle?

• This is where gas exchange happens.

• Air passes through the diaphragm on the way to the lungs.

• It attaches to the lungs and contracts and relaxes to help in breathing.

When you breathe, your lungs take in ___ and remove ___. 

• air/oxygen
• oxygen/carbon dioxide 
• carbon dioxide/waste 
• waste/air 

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The air sacs that are covered with capillaries where gas exchange takes place

• bronchi
• lungs
• oxygen
• alveoli

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We breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen

• True

• False

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What is the function of "The Respiratory System"

• A way of breathing

• Brings oxygen into the body and elimiates the waste carbon dioxide through breathing

• To rest your body

• A system to Respirate????

What is the function of the "Lungs"

• Allows oxygen to be draw into the body ad carbon dioxide to be released out of the body

• The father and mother of the heart

• Where oxygen hang out

• Used for expading till it pops

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