Anatomy of the Respiratory System in Children

What’s respiration?

Respiration is the act of inhaling and respiratory out. Once you inhale, you soak up oxygen. Once you exhale, you give off carbon dioxide.

What makes up the respiratory system?

The respiratory system is made up of the organs concerned within the interchanges of gases. It consists of the:

• Nostril

• Mouth

• Throat (pharynx)

• Voice field (larynx)

• Windpipe (trachea)

• Airways (bronchi)

• Lungs

The higher respiratory tract contains the next:

• Nostril

• Nasal cavity

• Sinuses

The decrease respiratory tract contains the next:

How do the lungs work?

The lungs soak up oxygen. The physique’s cells want oxygen to stay and perform their regular capabilities. In addition they do away with carbon dioxide, a waste product of the cells.

The lungs are a pair of cone-shaped organs made up of spongy, pinkish-gray tissue. They take up a lot of the area within the chest, or the thorax (the a part of the physique between the bottom of the neck and diaphragm). The lungs are coated in a membrane known as the pleura. They’re separated from one another by the mediastinum. This space incorporates the next:

The best lung has 3 lobes. The left lung has 2 lobes. Once you breathe, the air:

• Enters the physique by the nostril or the mouth.

• Travels down the throat by the voice field (larynx) and windpipe (trachea).

• Goes into the lungs by tubes known as main-stem bronchi:

  • One main-stem bronchus results in the correct lung and one to the left lung

  • Within the lungs, the main-stem bronchi divide into smaller bronchi

  • Then the bronchi divide into even smaller tubes known as bronchioles

  • Bronchioles finish in tiny air sacs known as alveoli. That is the place oxygen is taken into the blood and carbon dioxide is put into the lungs to be exhaled.