The

Respiratory System By: Jonathan Macgeoch 5A

You might think that the circulatory system is the most

important system, but the respiratory system is just as important.
In this essay I will talk about its function, stuctrue, diseases, and
how you can keep it healthy and lastly the systems it interacts
with.

The respiratory system helps you breathe it can start at

either your nose or your mouth but it all ends up at the same
place, the air sacs and then it goes through your blood.
As I was talking about a little bit of the sequnce (which is
bascially the function) I will now go into depth
about the sequnce. First you breathe in air, it
then travels through the sinuses and continues
to the pharynx and which then takes it to the
larnyx or the voice box, then as it goes through
the trachea it is cleaned by mucus, after the
trachea it splits into the two bronchis which
gradually get smaller and branch into the bronchioles which pass
the air to tiny bubbles called air sacs which brings an end to the
airs journey in the respiratory system.

The respiratory system interacts with many
different systems like the digestive system, the
muscular system, nervous system, skeleton and
circulatory system. The circulatory system gives
CO2 to the respiratory system to put out and the
respiratory system gives oxygen to the circulatory
system to be brought around the body the

The Respiratory System By: Jonathan Macgeoch 5A

circulatory system and the respiratory system interact the most in
my own opinion.

The respiratory system has many different and disgusting
diseases like lung cancer and asthma these are common ones but
there are many more unknown to you
and me. Lung cancer, being a type of
cancer is very dangerous and I will go
into detail about it. There are many
symptoms for lung cancer for example,
weight loss, coughing up blood, chest
pain and difficulty breathing.
Usually lung cancer is caused by smoking and second hand
smoking (breathing a smokers air) but can also be caused by
breathing in dangerous gases.

You can keep this important system healthy by avoiding
smoking even though your friends might think its cool; a cigarette
still has over 600 different chemicals. Another way is to get your
house checked by a professional for dangerous gases so you can
get rid of them before they harm you. My last tip is that you
should plant a few plants and think green because plants take in
carbon dioxide and put out oxygen so it keeps your air clean.

From this I hope you learned that the circulatory system
being important still is not the most important all systems are just
as important to keep your body healthy, if you do you have a high
chance of living a long life.