AMAZING RESPIRATORY SYSTEM FACTS By Vien007 On Health Tips

FACTS FRIDAY-YOUR AMAZING RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

·         The right lung is slightly larger than the left.

·         Hairs in the nose help to clean the air we breathe as well as warming it.

·         The highest recorded "sneeze speed" is 165 km per hour.

·         The surface area of the lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court.

·         The capillaries in the lungs would extend 1,600 kilometres if placed end to end.

·         We lose half a litre of water a day through breathing. This is the water vapour we see when we breathe onto glass.

·         A person at rest usually breathes between 12 and 15 times a minute.

·         The breathing rate is faster in children and women than in men.

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