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The Respiratory System

WHAT IS THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM?

The human respiratory system is a series of organs responsible for taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide. The primary organs of the respiratory system are lungs, which carry out this exchange of gases as we breathe.

Carbon dioxide and other non-essential gases are breathed out, and the whole process is repeated every minute approximately: