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toxic. The lungs are the place in the body where essential oxygen is taken in, and toxic carbon dioxide is released. When the lungs have difficulty doing their job, other organs in the body have difficulty doing their jobs. Therefore, the health of the lungs has direct and immediate effects on the overall health of the body. 1
The lungs are the main organ of the respiratory system, which carries oxygen through the body by means of red blood cells and picks up carbon dioxide, a waste gas, to expel from the body when an organism exhales. The trachea filters the inhaled air and branches into the bronchi, where the air tubes carry air directly into the lungs. The diaphragm is the main muscle of the respiratory system, contracting to increase the volume of the lungs and carry air into the body and expanding to force air out of the lungs.