Respitory+System

1. In words, trace the path of air into the body. First it is brought in through the mouth or the nose, it then proceeds to travel down the dsephogas all the way to where it gets to the loungs. After it replinishes your loungs it then moves out of the body via the same way it came in. The matudaoblongata is in charge of making sure that you body constantly breaths, the brain controls so many other things that it doesn't have the capacity to wok on this to. 2. What is the purpose of the respiratory system? The main purpose of the system is to carry air to a person's lungs while exchanging gasses such as carbon dioxide. A person needs the respiratory system to be healthy in order to live, infections of the respiratory can cause sever problems and lead to difficulties breating. 3. What is the difference between the pharynx and the larynx? Pharynx- is the main component of the respiratory system, and is made up of the neck and the throat, and is connected to the nasal cavity where the intake/output of air is in the body. Larynx- is where the vocal cords are hanging out. through this people are able to talk, and if you get your larynx infected to a point where it can't be cured, it then has to be amputated causing you to talk through a voice box machine. another side effect from smoking. 1. Sinusitis- this is when the sinuses become inflamed with infections. most of the time these infections tend to be bacterial so they can be treated with anobiotics.
 * Respiratory System pp.170-172**
 * Describe the following disorders in our words**

2. Ear infection (otitis media)- inflimation fo the middle ear in the space between the earlobe and the ear drum. again this is a bacterial infection and it can be treated.

3. Tonsilitis-this is the inflimation of the tonsuls in the mouth, and can cause a very sore throat. bacterial infection and it can be treated

4. Bronchitis- inflamation of the bronchi, and this can be either viral or bacterial. if it ends up being viral you just have to let it run its course, because there is no medicine that can cure that kind of infection

5. Pneumonia- sickness of your lungs and respiratory system, and is where your lungs become filled with a fluid causing you to cough a lot more in an attempt to try and get some of it out. this infection is bacterial, so modern medicine can cure this.

6. tuberculosis- this is where mycrobacteria attack your lungs causing you to have trouble breathing. It is a bacterial infection and if not treated properly it can leade to death in many reported cases.

7. emphysema- the is considered to be a "cronic" lung disease that is caused from the side effects from smoking tobacco for long periods of time.

8. asthma- a sickness of the resperatory system where the passage ways of the lungs become inflamed, causing complications when it comes to breathing

9. lung cancer- again this is considered to be a cronic lung disease from the deadly tobacco products in which one inhales smoke for long periods of time

10. What three respiratory disorders are associated with smoking?- Emphysema, Asthma, and Lung Cancer