By: Marcie Thierry, Annaliese Blumburgs and Andrew Palmer

4 interesting factsYou breath, 13 pints of air every minute.Yawning gives more oxygen to the lungs.The right lung is a little bigger then the left

one.If you have asthma your lungs are smaller

than they should be.

Where is it located? The respitary system is located by the upper part of the body like the lungs.

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Disorders and DiseasesLung Cancer is a really bad disease that can

clog up your lungs.Sepsis and septic shock can result from an

infection anywhere in the body, including pneumonia.

Major FunctionsThe trachea (Trakea) is commonly known as

the windpipe, it is a tube that is about 4 inches long and less than an inch in diameter in most people.

The left and right lungs help/make you breathBronchial tubes are the tubes where air passes

through your lungs. When you breathe air in, it passes from your nose or mouth, through the larynx, and into the trachea or wind pipe.

Alveoli are the tiny air sacs in the lungs (alvealis)

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3 QuestionsCan Respiratory system disorders and

diseases kill people?Does everyone have lungs that are the same

size?Of you yawn do you get more oxygen or do

you get less oxygen?

Answers Yes, disorders and diseases can kill people.No, if you have asthma your lungs are

smaller than they should be.You get more oxygen not less.

How the respiratory system works with others in the body?http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=p4zOXOM6wgEThe respiratory system works with other

body parts like the circulatory system.The Respiratory system gets oxygen into the

Circulatory system that takes the Oxygen, through the blood stream, to other parts of the body.

Thank you for watching Links:

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/lungs.html,http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=p4zOXOM6wgE,http://asthma.about.com/od/glossary/g/

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