The Respiratory System
Bronchi: The two main air passages into the lungs.
Diaphragm: The main muscle used for breathing; separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity.
Epiglottis: A flap of cartilage that prevents food from entering the trachea (or windpipe).
Esophagus: The tube through which food passes from the mouth down into the stomach.
Heart: The muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
Intercostal muscles: Thin sheets of muscle between each rib that expand (when air is inhaled) and contract (when air is exhaled).
Larynx: Voice box.
Lungs: The two organs that extract oxygen from inhaled air and expel carbon dioxide in exhaled air.
Muscles attached to the diaphragm: These muscles help move the diaphragm up and down for breathing.
Nasal cavity: Interior area of the nose; lined with a sticky mucous membrane and contains tiny, surface hairs called cilia.
Nose hairs: Located at the entrance of the nose, these hairs trap large particles that are inhaled.
Paranasal sinuses: Air spaces within the skull.
Pharynx: The throat.
Pleural membrane: Covering the lung and lining the chest cavity, this membrane has 2 thin layers.
Pulmonary vessels: Pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the heart and lungs; pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood back to the heart.
Respiratory center: Area of the brain that controls breathing.
Ribs: Bones attached to the spine and central portion of the breastbone, which support the chest wall and protect the heart, lungs, and other organs in the chest.
Trachea: Tube through which air passes from the nose to the lungs (also known as the windpipe).

Bronchitis

Bronchitis is a lungs problem similiar to asthma. An interesting fact is that when you take the medication for it it also makes your heart beat faster. 

here's a bigger list of diseases and what they do to your respiratory system if you don't keep it clean.  of course there are the other diseases I already mentioned in my last post such as asthma,Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD causes lung problems makes you take short breaths), pneumonia and the common cold.  And here are some other diseases, Chronic bronchitis - inflammation and permanent scaring of the bronchial tubes, influenza - serious infection by the influenza virus, sinusitis - inflammation of the sinus cavities, Emphysema - damage to air sacs walls causing loss of elasticity, Lung Cancer - malignant tumors that develop in lung tissue, Pleurisy - inflammation of the pleural membrane lining lungs and the chest cavity, Acute Bronchitis-inflammation of the bronchial tubes.  Hope you liked this list of diseases and facts about them.

Respitory System Picture

This is a picture showing the Human Respiratory System. It shows all the parts of the Human Respiratory System and labels them. It shows a person and it has the body Respiratory parts on the picture such as the Heart. I think the respiratory system totally awesome because if you didn't have it you could not breath. I know that's such a little thing but that one thing is very important because if you did not breath you maybe might die.

respiratory organs

Lungs

The left and right bronchi enter each lung, where they continue to go into secondary bronchi. In turn, these bronchi will divide into smaller and smaller. then eventally when the diamiter of the air passageway becomes less than 1mm, there called bronchioles. the smallest of the bronchi, with the diameter of less than 0.5mm, are the terminal bronchioles.

The transitoin from the terminal to the respiratory bronchioles marks the transitoin between the conducting and the respiratory portoins of the respiratory system. The alveolar ducts are continuatoins of the respiratory bronchioles. They terminate in alveolar sacs which are made up of clusters of aveoli, the acual sites of gas exchange.


Trachea

The Trachea is a flexible tube which decends from the larynx and divides into 2 primary bronchi. This air passageway continues to filter, warm and moisten the inspired air as it travels through to the respiratory zone.

Larynx

The larynx links the pharynx to the Trachea. The princable 2 functoins of the larynx are to act as an open, conducting airway , and to provide a swiching mechanism to direct food and air into the oesophagus and the trachea respectively. The other role of the larynx is associated with its alternative name of the "voice box". the larynx cantains the vocal cords and is the enssential voice.

Respitory System Function

In order to make your body work, cells need oxygen or O. When you take a breath, the air you just breathed enters your lungs which is surrounded by capillaries. The oxygen passes through the walls of air sacks and goes into the capillaries. Red blood cells pick up the oxygen from the capillaries. Red blood cells also release the waste gas {otherwise called carbon dioxide} into the lung sacs. When you breathe out, carbon dioxide goes out into the air. Then the trees and plants pick it up, then turns it into oxygen again. The respitory system works interdependently with the circulatory sytem because breathing transports oxygen to the blood and carries carbon dioxide away from the blood.

Why it's good to keep the respiratory system working

It's good to keep the respiratory system working because if you don't you wont be able to breath.  

There are some diseases you get from not keeping your respiratory system clean, some common

diseases include asthma,Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD causes lung problems makes you take short breaths), pneumonia and the common cold.  You can prevent these symptoms by being active which makes you breath more which makes your lungs and respiratory system clean, and of course don't smoke.