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THE DELIVERY OF OXYGEN FROM THE LUNGS TO
THE BLOODSTREAM, AND THE ELIMINATION OF
CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE BLOODSTREAM TO
THE LUNGS AND OUT OF THE BODY.
Functions :
clean
Maximise
and CO2
Minimise
Maintain
Air enters the body through the mouth and nose, from here it
moves to the pharynx (throat), passes through the larynx (voice
box) and enters the trachea.
trachea
bronchioles
Bronchus
The trachea splits into two branches, the left and right
bronchus, each bronchus divides many times into
smaller branches called bronchioles.
Lungs
Located
Pleural
To
Cartilage
Found
Keeps
low
Prevent
Bronchiles
Has no cartilage
mucus
Contains
1.
2.
ciliated
Macrophages
Alveoli
Breathing rate
Calculate
by Spirometer
At
Lungs
One breath
Pulse rate
Stroke
Cardiac
minute
Pulse
Pulse
Is
An
Blood pressure
Hypertension
Causes of hypertension
Smoking
Genetic predisposition
obesity