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__ The Respiratory System __

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Why do we breathe? Why do our bodies get bigger and smaller when we inhale and exhale? It’s all the work of the respiratory system. The respiratory system is the system we all need to live. Without it, we would feel as if we were in space, and we’re not able to breathe. The biggest reason we all need our respiratory system is to breathe in oxygen, plants give us, for our cells and breathe out carbon dioxide for the plants in return. You may not realize it, but the oxygen you breathe in takes only 3 to 4 second s to get into your blood. What’s the process that the oxygen you breathe in has to go through to get to your blood?

You probably think the process is simple for the oxygen to come in through your nose or mouth into your blood. You might also probably think, when you breathe oxygen in it goes straight into your blood. Well guess what? You’re wrong. The process starts from the nasal passages, or mouth, and down your windpipe (Trachea). On its way down thewindpipe, the oxygen has to split into two just like the windpipe. The windpipe leads the oxygen to the bronchioles (which are inside the lungs) while the oxygen is going down its bronchi, little hairs on the lungs called Celia’s cleans it. The oxygen goes into alveoli’s and the capillaries surrounding it brings the oxygen to the blood. Now I’ve mentioned all the organs in the respiratory system, but how do they get help, and how do they help others?

The respiratory system is not a selfish one. It helps other systems, and other systems help it. The respiratory system works with skeletal, immune, and excretory (Think of them as the respiratory system’s friends with the names of; Skeletina, Immunisha, and Excretorianna. They’re all buddies, helping each other out). Skeletal helps it by protecting the lungs with its ribcage. The respiratory system brings oxygen to the blood and powers immune's cells. It helps the excretory system by keeping the homiostasis stable. Keeping your system healthy is a big part of it.

Don’t ever smoke! If you do smoke the [|cilia]’s in your lungs work too hard keeping the oxygen you breathe in nice and clean, that it stops working and the smoke goes straight to your lungs. This causes bronchitis, pneumonia, respiratory infections, and

fluid in your ears.