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Nasal conchae

Nasal meatus

Produces mucus, provides sound resonance, and lightens skull

Paranasal sinuses

Frontal sinus

Sphenoid sinus

Ethmoid sinus

Maxillary sinus

Serves as a passage way for air into larynx and food into esophagus

Pharynx

Laryngopharynx

Oropharynx

Nasopharynx

Aids in defending against infection

Palattine tonsil

Aids in defending against infection

Pharyngeal tonsil

Hard palate

Soft palate

Warms, moistens, and filters inhaled air

Nose

Passage way for air, produces speech

Larynx

Thyroid cartilage

Cricoid cartilage

Arytenoid cartilage

Controls passage of air to allow for speech and sound production

Vocal folds

Vestibular folds

Allows air to enter the respiratory passage

Glottis

Covers the opening for the larynx during swallowing

Epiglottis

Passage way for air to lungs, lined with ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium to clense air as it passes

Trachea

Contain bronchial tree, alveoli, and pulmonary vessels

Right lung

Contain bronchial tree, alveoli, and pulmonary vessels

Left lung

Superior lobe

Middle lobe

Inferior lobe

Superior lobe

Inferior lobe

Passage way for air and additional cleansing of air

Bronchial tree

Primary bronchi

Secondary bronchi

Tertiary bronchi

Site of gas exchange, functional units of respiration

Alveoli

Compartmentalize, protect, and lubricate lungs

Pleura

Parietal pleura

Visceral pleura

Membranous partition between 2 parts of an organ

Mediastinum

Contraction of this muscle initiates inhalation

Diaphragm