Respiratory System

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Influenza is a viral infection that attacks your respiratory system.

Influenza [Flu]

Asthma

a disorder that causes the airways of the lungs to swell and narrow, leading towheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, an

a major health problem responsible for 15% of all cancer diagnoses and29% of all cancer deaths.

Malignant Tumors

Sinusitis

Sinusitis is an inflammation, or swelling, of the tissue lining the sinuses.

a breathing (respiratory) condition in which there is an infection of the lung.

Pneumonia

Blood Vessels

Carry blood from Heart to Tissues

Carry blood away from the heart

Arteries & Arterioles

arterioles branch into small vessels

Capillaries

take blood from the capillaries to the heart

Veins & Venules

Contraction of heart muscle

Systole

Relaxation of heart muscle

Diastole

The Pulmonary Circuit

the path of the blood from the heart through the lungs.