Question 1

whats respiratory system what does it do?

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Give you O2: Without oxygen you are dead in 40 secunds.

Question 2

what does the respiratory system do for you?

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Exchange gases: The lungs are the major organs of your respiratory system. When you breath in, you take oxygen in through your lungs and when you breath out, you expel carbon dioxide.

Question 3

what is the purpose of the respiratory system?

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To maintain: a normal oxygen level and get rid of carbon dioxide, which is a waste product.  It also helps maintain acid base balance.

Question 4

how do you keep the respiratory system healthy?

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Lung prevention: the most important thing you can do is to not smoke .

Question 5

what do the organs in the respiratory system do?

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Get oxygen to blood: Respiration is the process of bringing oxygen into the lungs and exhaling carbon dioxide out of them. Once inside the lungs, the oxygen crosses cell membranes to get into the blood stream. The blood circulates the oxygen to the rest of the body including the brain which cannot function without it. Carbon dioxide is the waste product of well functioning cells and is also carried back by the blood.

Question 6

is there any secretion  in the respiratory system?

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Mucus: Mucus secretion coats the passages keeping them moist, facilitating gas exchange and removal of debris.

Question 7

how many organs are part of the respiratory system?

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Hmm. Are you talking: ventilation or respiration? systemic or cellular? You've got the airway &amp; lungs. But you need the diaphragm to create negative pressure to inhale air. Plus, you need the brain to provide the drive to breath. &amp; you need the heart to move the blood through the lungs and enough red blood cells to switch out the CO2 for the O2. So is it: moving air, exchanging gases, or breaking glucose into H2O+CO2?

Question 8

what are the functions of the upper respiratory system?

Accepted Answer

Upper respiratory: structures include the sinuses, nasal passages, throat, pharynx, tonsils   and vocal cords. Other than allowing passage of Oxygenated air, it is rich in mucus glands to protect the airway from viruses and microbes, It is also rich in immunologic cells to combat microbes.

Question 9

how does our respiratory system help our body function?

Accepted Answer

Oxygen and CO2: Oxygen is needed for your cells to live, and when they burn calories using oxygen they generate co2. Too much co2 is toxic to the brain and it must be removed from the blood. The lungs exhale co2 (like a car's exhaust pipe), and take in oxygen with each breath, lungs transfer oxygen to red blood cells that transport it to your cells.

Question 10

why does the respiratory system improve when exercising?

Accepted Answer

Strength, efficiency: Exercise strengthens the muscles of respiration, they also become more efficient and conditioned through exercise as well.

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