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| Airway from the nose through the larynx - nasal cavity, hard palate, nostril, choana, soft palate, pharynx, epiglottis, glottis, larynx |
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| Trachea through the lungs - trachea, primary bronchus, secondary bronchus, tertiary bronchus, terminal bronchioles, respiratory bronchioles, alveolar duct, alveoli, lungs, pleural cavity |
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| Oxygen and CO2 exchange btw blood and air; speech and vocalization; sense of smell; pH of body fluids; helps regulate blood pressure; pressure gradients to help lymph and venous blood flow |
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| Warms, cleanses, and humidifies inhaled air; it detects odors int he airstream; and it serves as a resonating chamber that amplifies the voice |
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| nostrils (external nares), choanae (internal nares), nasal cavity, nasal fossae, nasal septum, lateral and alar cartilages, ala nasi, vestibule, guard hairs, vibrissae, chonchae, meatus |
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| Olfactory mucosa- odors detected, small pathc of epithelium that cover the roof of the nasal fossa and parts of the septum and superior concha / Respiratory mucosa- ciliated pseudostratified, lines the rest of the nasal cavity and extends deeply into lungs |
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| nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx |
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| superior opening of the larynx |
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| flap of tissue guarding glottis, pulled by extrinsic muscles of larynx to direct food and drink into the esophagus |
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| anterior peak of the thyroid cartilage- adam's apple |
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| Understand cartilage ring of trachea and epithelium of trachea |
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| Cartilage is c-shaped ring to allow for compressiong when swallowing - lined with a pseudostratified columnar epithelium to secrete mucus and direct foreign particles up and out of body |
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| place on lungs where blood vessels and brochii enter |
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| trachea, carina, primary bronchus, secondary bronchus, tertiary bronchus, terminal bronchiole, respiratory bronchiole, alveolar duct, alveoli |
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| simple squamous epithelium for rapid diffusion |
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| what is the respiratory membrane? |
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| barrier between capillaries and alveoli consists of only the squamous alveolar cell, the squamous epithelial cell of the capillary, and their shared basement membrane |
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parietal pleura, pleural cavity (pleural fluid), visceral pleura,
Function:reduction of friction, creation of a pressure gradient, compartmentalization |
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| mixture of phospholipid and proteins that coats teh alveoli and prevents them from collapsing when exhaling |
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