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What do your lungs do?
Your lungs can remove hazardous gases that can build up in your body.
One of the gases is carbon dioxide.
What does your diaphragm do?
Your diaphragm pushes up the lungs to let air out.
It then goes down to let the lungs store air.
What do your alveoli do?
Alveoli are covered in tiny blood vessels called capillaries (CAP-ill-air-ees).
Capillaries
What do your alveoli do?
Capillaries are where an artery (AR-turh-REE) and a vein (vay-n) fuse together.
Vein Artery
What do your alveoli do?
un oxygenated blood gets oxygen at the alveoli an then gets pumped through the body.
Un oxygenated blood
Oxygenated blood
Un oxygenated blood getting oxygen
Just remember!
Don’t smoke!!!!!!! If you do your lungs turn a gross black color and it might lead to lung cancer.
PAY ATTENTION TO THESE SIGNS