Respiratory System

Respiratory System

By Rachel Keener

Lungs: Saclike orgrans that remove carbon dioxide from blood and provides it with oxygen.

Allows breathing to occur.

Function of the Respiratory System:

Helps provide oxygenated blood to the rest of the body.

*Asthma*Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)*Influenza*Lung Cancer*Pneumonia*Tuberculosis

*Pulmonologists

Organs and Their Functions

1950

Relation to the Body/ Other Systems

Major Illnesses/Disorders/Injuries

Professions/Healthcare Professionals