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12 Cards in this Set
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Upper Tract |
Nose, pharynx, larynx |
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Lower Tract |
Trachea, bronchi, lungs |
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Nose |
•Acts as a filter moistening & warming entering air •lined with mucous membrane & hairs |
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Pharynx |
•serves as a food and air passageway •commonly called the throat |
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Larynx |
•location of the vocal cords •Commonly called voicebox |
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Epiglottis |
Flap of cartilage covering larynx during swallowing |
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Trachea |
Passageway for air to the bronchi |
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Branchus |
One of two branches from the trachea |
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Bronchioles |
Smallest subdivision of the bronchial tree |
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Alveoli |
Air sacs at end of bronchioles where O2 and CO2 are exchanged |
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Lungs |
Two sponge-like organs in thoracic cavity |
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Lobes of the Lungs |
Right has 3 lobes Left has 2 lobes |
