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Nose

Organ of smell; also filters the air we breathe.

Mouth

Opening through which air, food and beverages enter the body ; beginning of the alimentary canal.

Pharynx

The Throat

Esophagus

Connects the throat to the stomach.

Larynx

Voice box.

Trachea

Windpipe.

Bronchi

The main passageway for air to travel from the trachea to the lungs.

Lungs

Main organs of the respiratory system whose function is transporting oxygen into the blood and receiving carbon dioxide from the blood.