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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
As your body uses oxygen, your cells produce another gas known as carbon dioxide. Too much carbon dioxide can be toxic, even deadly. For this reason, it is important that your body has a way to get rid of it. The main organs in your respiratory system are your lungs.Your lungs are, in their simplest form, nothing more than air sacs. As you breathe in (inhale), you fill these sacs with fresh oxygen-rich air. Your heart pumps blood into the walls of your lungs where it absorbs oxygen and releases carbon dioxide.t does this through breathing: inhaling oxygen-rich air and exhaling air filled with carbon dioxide, which is a waste gas. The respiratory system works in the following way: first you breathe air in through your nose and mouth, which wet and warm the air so it won't irritate your lungs.