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| Conducting Portion of the RT |
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Definition
| - conveys air to and from the respiratory portion |
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| Respiratory Portion of the RT |
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Definition
| - includes the sites of exchange of gases between air and blood |
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| C-shaped rings of hyaline cartilage |
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Definition
| - structures of hyaline cartilage that keep the trachial lumen open |
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Term
| Plates of hyaline cartilage |
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Definition
| - structures of hyaline cartilage that keep the bronchus open |
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Definition
| - structure that is the support for the wall of the bronchiole |
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Definition
| - allows for a sence of smell |
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Definition
- functions with the mucocilliated elevator (escalator) - the cillia that move mucous |
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Definition
- functions in the mucocilliated elevator - secrete mucous |
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Definition
| - cell that secretes some components of surfactant |
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- component of gas exchange -air-blood barrier |
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| - produce and secrete pulmonary surfactant that lines alveoli and the respiratory bronchi |
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Definition
| - clear surfactant and foreign material from lungs |
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