Lungs and Respiratory System

The lungs are the main part of your respiratory system Here is how lungs work as the center of your breathing, the path a full breath takes

Your lungs contain tiny air sacs called alveoli Blood flows through the walls of the air sacs and picks up oxygen from the air in the sacs At the same time,

lungs The main organ of the respiratory system is the lungs Other respiratory organs include the nose, the trachea and the breathing muscles (the diaphragm and the

lungs Air passes through each bronchus into the lungs through smaller tubes called bronchioles At the end of the bronchioles, there are tiny air sacs called alveoli