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Can you state one non-function of respiratory system?

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O. Bickis

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Answered Oct 08, 2020

The respiratory system is a critical function in the body. We breathe oxygen, which goes into your lungs, and then it is distributed throughout the blood with the heart's help. The respiratory system supports the synthesis of vasodilators.

This system is something that animals, plants, and human beings all commonly share. It is responsible for running the breathing act, which is its most significant, most important job. The skeletal system does not function because of the respiratory system; however, it supports and protects the organs within the system.

When you breathe out, waste is expelled from the body through carbon dioxide. The exchange of gases involving the external environment and the blood is also responsible for transferring oxygen in the blood into the body's tissues. This exchange is a process that includes the respiratory system and the cardiovascular system. The respiratory system also filtrates the blood at the pulmonary capillaries and the pulmonary tissues' metabolic functions, removing inhaled foreign particles and infectious organisms.

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Answered Oct 05, 2020

The respiratory system has several organs, including the diaphragm, just above your waistline up to your sinuses. This system's function is to help us breathe, take in oxygen, and oxygenate the blood that flows through the body and eliminate the carbon dioxide. It performs other tasks that do not apply to its primary function as a sense of smell, warming the air we breathe, and capturing foreign particles that can harm.

The heart is not part of the respiratory system; however, it plays an essential role in circulating the blood throughout your body. The skeletal system does not function within the respiratory system but plays a role in supporting and protecting the system's organs. The kidneys clean your blood, and the heart pumps blood and oxygen to help remove waste, and this is also a non-function of the respiratory system.

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Answered Sep 28, 2020

The respiratory system is the web of organs and tissues that assist you to breathe. It comprises of your airways, lungs, and blood vessels. The tissue that gives strength to your lungs is as well part of the respiratory system. These sections function in accord to carry oxygen all over the body and wipe out waste gases such as carbon dioxide.

The system has other functions like helping to breathe in and out, assists in talking and smelling, protecting airways from dangerous substances, and irritation. However, one non-function of the respiratory system is Recruitment and Distention; the lung has an exceptional distensible vessel, which helps to adjust with huge differences in venous return, particularly in the process of postural changes, training, and bigger intravascular capacity.

The two mechanisms included are recruitment and distension of the pulmonary vasculature—this distension and recruitment assists in changing the lung blood capacity by 500-1000ml.

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Answered Sep 21, 2020

It assists in the synthesis of vasodilators. There are a number of organs that make up the respiratory system. The purpose of this system is to bring in oxygen and remove waste. Out of all the organs in the respiratory system, the lungs are the most important.

They are what help us breathe, and they bring in the oxygen, as well as removing any waste from the system. Without our lungs, a person is unable to live because they will need the lungs to breathe in the clean air that the system requires.

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Answered Sep 20, 2020

It assists in the synthesis of vasodilators. Vasodilation is the expanding of the blood vessels. It can result from the relaxation of smooth muscle cells within vessel walls, or in the large veins, large arteries, and smaller arterioles.

• Vasodilators are medications that open the blood vessels.

• The respiratory system is the system of organs and tissues that support your breathing.

• This structure helps your body absorb oxygen from the air so your organs can function.

• It also cleanses waste gases, such as carbon dioxide from your blood.

• The respiratory system has many different roles.

• It delivers oxygen to the cells in the body, protects your airways from dangerous substances and irritants, brings air to body temperature, and moisturizes it to the humidity you need.

• It also allows you to talk and to smell.

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Answered Sep 07, 2020

It assists in the synthesis of vasodilators. The respiratory system is a system that both animals and plants have. It is a crucial system in the body, because it is responsible for exchanging gas. When breathing occurs, approximately 70% of waste is removed from the body.

This is done through waste gases like carbon dioxide. The primary organ in the respiratory system is the lungs, which is how humans are able to breathe. Along with housing organs, the respiratory system also is home to tissues, which help with breathing and removing waste.

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orangejuice1120

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Answered Nov 13, 2017

It assists in the synthesis of vasodilators.
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