RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

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Respiratory System is a system of organs sub serving the functions of respiration and in air-breathing vertebrates consisting typically of the lungs and their nervous and circulatory system supply and... the channels by which these are continuous with the outer air. It contains organs that are involved in breathing. This includes the nose, throat, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and the lungs. Also known as the respiratory tract. It is also a system of the body responsible of taking in O2, and excreting CO2, and regulating the relative composition of the blood. And most of all, respiratory system is the biological system of any organism that engages in gas exchange of any organism that engages in gas exchange. Even trees have their respiratory system, taking in carbon dioxide and emitting oxygen during the day, consuming oxygen and producing carbon dioxide constantly. [Show More]

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