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Explain the process of breathing begin with inhalation and describe the route that the air takes to the lungs and what happens when the air reaches the lungs include in your description the terms mouth nose pharynx larynx trachea bronchi lungs alveoli carbon dioxide oxygen and capillaries..... PLEASE HELP PLEASE

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The breathing process is the process of breathing in, also called inhalation and breathing out, also called exhalation. Inhalation and exhalation are important processes for a smooth respiratory experience.

Air (containing oxygen) from our external environment enter our body system via our MOUTH or NOSE. The air then passes from the PHARYNX into the LARYNX or voice box, which connects into the TRACHEA or wind pipe, which conveys the air into the lungs via its branched tubes called BRONCHI. These pipes that air passes through in order to reach the lungs are generally called AIR WAYS.

Inhalation (breathing in) involves the taking in of air into the LUNGS (main organ of respiration). It occurs when the diaphragm (muscle separating the thorax from abdomen) contracts and moves downward towards the abdomen. This allows the lungs to expand, allowing air to enter into the lungs via the NOSE or MOUTH down the TRACHEA or windpipe.

As soon as air reaches the lungs, the air passes through the bronchi (tubular branches of the trachea) into the ALVEOLI or air sacs. The delivery of oxygen in the inhaled air is carried out in the CAPILLARIES (a blood vessel that carries blood) that surrounds the alveoli. This alveoli conveys oxygen from the lungs into the bloodstream and carbon dioxide out of the bloodstream into the lungs (a process called GAS EXCHANGE).

Breathing out or exhalation of the carbon dioxide in the lungs (waste product of respiration) occurs when the diaphragm relaxes and moves upward, causing the lungs to deflate as the carbon dioxide is released through the trachea into the mouth or nose where it leaves the body system.