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15 Cards in this Set
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Connects the larynx to the primary bronchi?
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Trachea.
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Site of tonsils.
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Pharynx.
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Food passageway posterior to the trachea.
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Esophagus.
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Covers the glottis during the swallowing of food.
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Epiglottis.
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Contains the vocal cords.
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Larynx.
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Nerve that activates the diaphragm during inspiration.
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Phrenic nerve.
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Pleural layer lining the walls of the thorax.
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Parietal pleura.
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Site from which oxygen enters the pulmonary blood.
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Alveolus.
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Connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx.
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Opening of the pharyngotympanic tube.
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Opening between the vocal folds.
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Glottis.
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Increases air turbulence in the nasal cavity.
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Concha.
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Separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
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Palate.
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Trace the path that air takes through tubes to the alveoli.
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Trachea, main (primal) bronchus, lobar (secondary) bronchus, segmental (tertiary) bronchus, terminal bronchiole, respiratory bronchiole, alveolar duct, alveolar sac, alveoli.
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What are the lobes of the left lung?
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Superior and inferior lobe.
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What are the lobes of the right lung?
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Superior, middle lobe, and inferior lobe.
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