BREATHING IS
AUTOMATIC! YOU DON’T
EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
YOUR BODY KNOWS WHEN
TO INHALE AND EXHALE.
LUNGS LIKE BALLOONS!
WHEN YOU BREATHE IN,
THEY FILL UP WITH AIR,
AND WHEN YOU BREATHE
OUT, THEY DEFLATE LIKE
BALLOONS.
EXERCISE MAKES YOUR HEART BEAT
FASTER: WHEN YOU RUN OR PLAY
SPORTS, YOUR BODY NEEDS MORE
OXYGEN. THAT'S WHY YOUR HEART
BEATS FASTER TO PUMP MORE
BLOOD AND OXYGEN TO YOUR
MUSCLES.
BREATHING CAN BE
CALMING: TAKING
SLOW, DEEP BREATHS
CAN HELP YOU FEEL
CALM AND RELAXED.
HICCUPS HAPPEN WHEN
YOUR DIAPHRAGM
SUDDENLY CONTRACTS.
SOMETIMES, IT CAN BE
BECAUSE YOU ATE OR DRANK
TOO FAST OR GOT EXCITED.
BREATHING RATE: DID YOU
KNOW THAT ON AVERAGE, YOU
TAKE ABOUT 12 TO 20
BREATHS EVERY MINUTE?
THAT'S MORE THAN 17,000
BREATHS A DAY!
MOST SNAKES ONLY
HAVE ONE
FUNCTIONING
LUNG.
HORSES ONLY
BREATHE
TRHOUGH THEIR
NOSES.
LUNGS ARE THE ONLY
ORGANS THAT CAN
FLOAT ON WATER.
MOST PEOPLE CAN
HOLD THEIR BREATH
FOR A MAXIMUN OF
ONE MINUTE.
THE LEFT LUNG IS
OFTEN SMALLER THAN
THE RIGHT LUNG, TO
MAKE ROOM FOR THE
HEART.
HUMANS ARE THE ONLY
MAMMALS THA CAN’T
SWALLOW AND BREATHE AT
THE SAME TIME DUE TO
THE UNIQUE DESIGN OF
THE LARYNX.