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16 Cards in this Set
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Laryngopharynx Location |
Connects to larynx and esophagus |
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Layngopharynx function |
Common passageway |
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Larynx |
Voice box |
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Larynx Location |
Connect laryngopharynx to trachea |
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Larynx composition |
Supporting framework of 8 pieces of hyaline cartilage |
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Largest 2 hyaline cartilage of larynx |
Thyroid cartilage and cricoid cartilage |
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Thyroid cartilage forms |
Adam’s apple |
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Cricoid cartilage Location |
Just inferior to thyroid cartilage |
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Larynx is a passageway for what |
Only air |
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Larynx is protected by |
Epiglottis |
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Epiglottis |
Flap of elastic cartilage that closes opening to larynx and swallowing |
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Vocal cords location |
Larynx |
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Vocal cords function |
Produce speech sounds (vocal ligament and vocalis muscle |
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Trachea |
Windpipe |
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Trachea location |
K’NEX larynx to bronchitis and lots |
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Trachea size |
6 to 8 inches or 14 to 20 cm in length |
