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TAKING CARE OF RESPIRATORY AND

IX- LUIS AGUADO
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
Blood vessels  Mouth and nose: Openings that pull air from
outside your body into your respiratory system.
Arteries The heart
Blood vessels have a
 Sinuses: Hollow areas between the bones in your
head that help regulate the temperature and
Oxygenated blood is range of different sizes The heart pumps blood around the body.
humidity of the air you inhale.
pumped from the heart and structures, It sits inside the chest, in front of the lungs
depending on their role and slightly to the left side. The heart is  Pharynx (throat): Tube that delivers air from your
along arteries, which are
in the body. actually a double pump made up of four mouth and nose to the trachea (windpipe).
muscular. Arteries divide
chambers, with the flow of blood going in  Trachea: Passage connecting your throat and lungs.
like tree branches until one direction due to the presence of the
they are slender. The heart valves. The contractions of the  Bronchial tubes: Tubes at the bottom of your
largest artery is the aorta, chambers make the sound of heartbeats. windpipe that connect into each lung.
which connects to the  Lungs: Two organs that remove oxygen from the air
heart and picks up The right side of the heart
and pass it into your blood.
oxygenated blood from the
left ventricle. The only The right upper chamber (atrium) takes in From your lungs, your bloodstream delivers oxygen to all your
artery that picks up deoxygenated blood that is loaded with organs and other tissues. Muscles and bones help move the air you
deoxygenated blood is the carbon dioxide. The blood is squeezed down inhale into and out of your lungs. Some of the bones and muscles in
pulmonary artery, which into the right lower chamber (ventricle) and the respiratory system include your:
runs between the heart taken by an artery to the lungs where the
and lungs. carbon dioxide is replaced with oxygen.
 Diaphragm: Muscle that helps your lungs pull in air and
Capillaries The left side of the heart push it out.
 Ribs: Bones that surround and protect your lungs and
The arteries eventually The oxygenated blood travels back to heart.
divide down into the smallest the heart, this time entering the left
blood vessel, the capillary. upper chamber (atrium). It is pumped
Capillaries are so small that into the left lower chamber (ventricle) When you breathe out, your blood carries carbon dioxide and other
blood cells can only move and then into the aorta (an artery). The waste out of the body. Other components that work with the lungs
through them one at a time. blood starts its journey around the body and blood vessels include:
Oxygen and food nutrients once more.
pass from these capillaries Veins
to the cells. Capillaries are
also connected to veins, so Veins have one-way valves instead of  Alveoli: Tiny air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of
wastes from the cells can be muscles, to stop blood from running oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.
transferred to the blood. back the wrong way. Generally, veins  Bronchioles: Small branches of the bronchial tubes that lead
carry deoxygenated blood from the body to the alveoli.
Blood pressure
to the heart, where it can be sent to the  Capillaries: Blood vessels in the alveoli walls that move
lungs. The exception is the network of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
pulmonary veins, which take oxygenated  Lung lobes: Sections of the lungs — three lobes in the right
Blood pressure refers to the amount of
blood from the lungs to the heart. lung and two in the left lung.
pressure inside the circulatory system as the
blood is pumped around.  Pleura: Thin sacs that surround each lung lobe and separate
your lungs from the chest wall.
Some common problems of the circulatory system include:
Some of the other components of your respiratory system include:

 Aneurysm – a weak spot in the wall of an artery

 Atherosclerosis – a narrowing of the arteries caused by plaque deposits
 Heart disease – lack of blood supply to the heart because of narrowed
arteries
 High blood pressure – can be caused by obesity (among other things)
 Varicose veins – problems with the valves that stop blood from running
backwards.
 Cilia: Tiny hairs that move in a wave-like motion to filter dust and other irritants out of your
airways.
 Epiglottis: Tissue flap at the entrance to the trachea that closes when you swallow to keep
food and liquids out of your airway.
 Larynx (voice box): Hollow organ that allows you to talk and make sounds when air moves in
and out.