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Module 9

Science and Health

TAKING CARE OF THE
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

A DepEd-BEAM Distance Learning Program supported by the Australian Agency for International Development
 To the Learner

The respiratory system is very important to the body just like

other body systems.
Its inability to get oxygen in a matter of minutes may already
cause one’s death. It also gives off carbon dioxide as a waste product
of respiration.
You should take care of your respiratory system as much as you
care for your other body systems. However, it seems breathing is the
most important of all body functions. You should be aware that
breathing is the same as being alive. That is, when one stops
breathing he is already dead.

Let’s Learn This

Describe proper ways of caring for the respiratory system.

Let’s Try This

Write T if the statement is True. If False, change the underlined

word to make the statement true.

______ 1. Breathing exercise improve the condition of one’s lungs.

______ 2. The chances of getting the common virus is increased as one

mixes with more people.

______ 3. Healthy lungs can draw in enough air to supply oxygen to all
parts of the body.

______ 4. Cigarette smoking is good to our respiratory system.

______ 5. Do not wash your hands before eating.

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 Let’s Study This

Health is wealth! This saying expresses the truth that it is better

to be poor and healthy rather than be rich but sickly. Some ways of
keeping the respiratory system healthy.

Breathe in clean air Avoid crowded Have a regular

and polluted places exercise

Eat a well balanced diet Wash your hands before Avoid smoking
Eating

Get enough rest and Consult a doctor as soon
sleep as you sense that there
is a problem. Prevention
is better than cure.
Use your own personal
things like towel and
handkerchief this
practice prevents the
transfer of the ailment.

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CARING FOR PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY AILMENTS

Your family may have someone who has asthma or colds or

tuberculosis. How can you help in caring for a member of your family
who is sick? Here are some ways.

Let’s Do This

Draw a if the statement tells about proper care of the

respiratory system if not put an X on the blank.

_____ 1. Use your own towel when taking a bath or washing your face.
_____ 2. Keep yourself healthy and fit by smoking cigarette.
_____ 3. Stay with the crowd during cold and flu epidemics.
_____ 4. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables.
_____ 5. Cover your nose or mouth with a clean handkerchief when
sneezing or coughing.

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 Let’s Do More

Check the space before the number or item that deals with the
proper care of the respiratory system.

_____ 1. I brush my teeth after eating.

_____ 2. I use my own towel and handkerchief.
_____ 3. I avoid crowded place.
_____ 4. I avoid using public toilets.
_____ 5. I open my windows to allow fresh air to come in.
_____ 6. I change my underwear everyday.
_____ 7. I keep my body healthy and fit.
_____ 8. I cover my nose when someone smokes beside me.
_____ 9. I wash my own clothes.
_____ 10. I wash my hands before eating.

Let’s Remember This

™ We have to take care of our respiratory system.

™ There are different ways to keep our respiratory system healthy
such staying in a clean and safe environment and practicing
good healthy habits.
™ Smoking is harmful to the smokers as well as to the non-
smokers.
™ Healthy lung can draw in enough air and supply enough oxygen
to all parts of the body.

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 Let’s Test Ourselves

Study the pictures below, then write what should be the proper
thing to do.

1. If you are not in the street with moving cars

that give off smokers, what will you do?

_______________________________________________

2. If you see your father smoking cigarette, what

will you tell him?

______________________________________________

3. When you are near a person who sneezes or

when you are to sneeze, what will you do?

______________________________________________

4. When you are inside the house and all windows

are closed, what will you do?
______________________________________________

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 Science Fact File

Its better to breathe through the nose than

through the mouth. Air passes through the nose is

warmed for the lungs, and is cleaner than air

breathed through the mouth. Small hairs in the

nose filter out dirt. Mucus inside the nose traps

some of the dirt and tiny hairs called cilia push this

to the throat where it is swallowed.

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 Answer Key

Let’s Try This Let’s Do This

1. T 1. lkl;
2. T
3. T 2. X
4. bad/dangerous/harmful
5. always 3. X,’l

4. m’

5. ml

Let’s Do More Let’s Test Ourselves

1. b
Expected answers.
1. use clean handkerchief
2. √d to cover your nose and
mouth
3. √
2. cigarette is dangerous to
4. a our health.

5. √ 3. cover your nose and

mouth.
6. v
4. open the windows to
7. √ allow fresh air to come
in.
8. √

9. v

10. √c

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