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| part of respiratory system that consists only of the passages that serve airflow |
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1. ventilation of lungs
2. exchange of gases between air and blood and between blood and tissue fluid
3. use of oxygen in cellular metabolism |
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| consists of alveoli and other gas-exchange regions |
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| airway from nose to larynx (head and neck) |
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| airway from trachea to lungs |
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- cleanses inhaled air
- detects odor
-resonating chamber that amplifies voice |
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| block inhalation of large particles |
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| divides nasal cavity into right and left chambers called nasal fossae |
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| separates nasal cavity from oral cavity and allows you to breathe with food in your mouth |
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| secretes layer of mucus that traps inhaled particles |
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| muscular funnel extending from choanae to larynx |
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posterior to choanae and dorsal to soft palate
- receives auditory tubes from middle ear and houses pharyngeal tonsil
-only passes air |
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between soft palate and roof of tongue
- contains palatine and lingual tonsils
- -passes air, food and drink |
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| opening of oral cavity into the pharynx |
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begins with union of nasopharyns and oropharynx
- esophagus begins here
-passes air, food and drink |
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voicebox; cartilage chamber that keeps food and drink out of airway and also produces sound
-during swallowing, muscles move larynx upward while tongue moves epiglottis downward to meet it so epiglottis directs food into esophageal dorsal to airway |
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| opening of larynx and is guarded by flap of tissue called epiglottis |
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-located relatively high and allows them to breathe while swallowing
-by age 2, muscle of tongue pushes it lower |
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most superior muscle in larynx,
supportive plate in epiglottis |
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| largest muscle in larynx, top part is "adam's apple" or laryngeal prominence. testosterone stimulates growth of prominence |
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| muscle in larynx that connects larynx to trachea |
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pair of muscles in larynx, posterior to thyroid
- function in speech |
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pair of muscles in larynx that attach to arytenoid
- function in speech |
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| pair of muscles in larynx |
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| Intrinsic muscles of larynx |
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operate vocal cords by pulling on corniculate and arytenoid cartilages
- sounds formed into words by pharynx, oral cavity,tongue and lips |
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| extrinsic muscles of larynx |
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| connect larynx to hyoid bone and elevates larynx during swallowing |
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| vestibular folds of larynx |
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| closes glottis during swallowing |
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| vocal cords (vocal folds) of larynx |
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| produce sound when air passes between them |
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-"windpipe" anterior to esophagus
-supported by C rings of hyaline cartilage that keeps it from collapsing when you inhale
- at inferior end, branches into right and left primary bronchi which supply the lungs |
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| smooth muscle in gap of C rings that contracts to adjust tracheal airflow |
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