Your Breathtaking Lungs and Rocking Respiratory System
BODY PRILLIANS YOUR and e E ROCKING Respiratory System FIND OUT HOW YOUR BODY WORKS Paul Mason Crabtree Publishing Company www Crabtree books com
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CONTENTS Cells are the smallest building blocks of all living things YOUR BREATHTAKING LUNGS 4 NOSTRILS AND MOUTH 6 JOURNEY TO THE LUNGS 8 10 THE ALVEOLUS OXYGEN EXCHANGE OXYGEN DELIVERY WASTE COLLECTION 12 Lots of cells join together to make tissue thin linings or membranes within the lungs BREATH CONTROL Tissue forms the BREATHING NOT THAT SIMPLE 16 RELAX AND BREATHE OUT 18 TD 20 THE LUNG PROTECTION SQUAD 22 Your lungs WHAT S IN A SNEEZE are the prior orgar ade of 24 Syste tem WITHOUT LUNGS YOU CAN T TALK mary 26 LUNG TROUBLE 28 MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING in your They are different types of cells and tissue BREATHTAKING WORDS BREATHLESS INFORMATION 32 INDEX The lungs work with other organs in your respiratory system to allow you to take air in and push it out of your