RESPIRATORY SYSTEM


Meaning of RESPIRATORY SYSTEM in English

noun

: a system of organs subserving the function of respiration and in air-breathing vertebrates consisting typically of the lungs and their nervous and circulatory supply, the channels by which these are continuous with the outer air, various supportive and protective structures, and usually the muscles and skeletal structures concerned with emptying and filling the lungs

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