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Q: What body organs extract oxygen from the air you breathe?
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What do the organs of the respiratory do to help the body?

The organs in the repiratory system, help you breathe. When the oxygen is in the body, the heart pumps it around to help the blood.


I don't understand how CPR works we breathe in oxygen and we exhale CO2 so how come during CPR when we breathe into the person we are exhaling CO2 into there body insted of oxygen?

Atmospheric air has about 20.5% oxygen and our lungs only extract about 4.5% oxygen, so the air we exhale has about 16% oxygen, 4.5% CO2. The air we breathe into the victim then has 16% oxygen for their lungs to extract oxygen from.


Why are organs vital?

Vital organs are called vital organs because you could not survive without them because your body needs them such as it needs the heart to circulate the blood around the body and the lungs to breathe in the oxygen.


Which organs is responsible for oxygenating blood?

Lungs


What group of organs extract nutritions from your food to your body?

Digestive system of organs.


Function of a human lung?

The lungs extract oxygen from the atmosphere for body cells to use.


How does oxygen from the air gets into your body?

You breathe in the oxygen from your nose and mouth and when you breathe out,it's carbon dioxide.


What is the use of oxygen in your body?

so you can breathe


Why need lungs in body?

to breath the air you breath in goes to your lungs and all of the organs need oxygen to survive


What is carbon dioxide carried to the lungs as?

oxygen. You breathe out carbon dioxide and you breathe in oxygen it is all oxygen in you body its hoe it comes out


How flamingos respiratory system work?

They breathe in, then they breathe out, which supplies there body with oxygen and eliminates CO2.


What causes the body to produce more oxygen?

Bodies don't produce oxygen. we breathe it in.