Amazing Facts about the

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.