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Inside the Human Body - The Respiratory System

 

My windpipe runs down my neck. It takes the air into my lungs. This long air tube cleans my air even more. Don't confuse this with the tube that takes food to my stomach!

Both my windpipe and my nose have "slime" in them. This sticky stuff is great because it catches the dirt carried in by the air. Its real name is mucus. When I have a cold, I make too much mucus so I blow my nose a lot more often to empty it out.

Canada's Digital Collections Watermark This digital collection was produced under contract to Canada's Digital Collections program, Industry Canada. The web site was produced by a youth team at the Saskatchewan Lung Association.