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Nares/ Nostrils
Where air enters the nasal cavity
Nasal septum
Divides the nasal cavity into left and right portions
Septal Cartilage
What makes up the anterior portion of the septum
Vomer
The inferior bony septum
Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone
The superior bony septum
Hard palate
The floor of the nasal cavity
The palatine processes of the maxillary bones
Makes up the anterior portion of the hard palate
The horizontal plates of the palatine bones
Makes up the posterior portion of the hard palate
Nasal conchae
Projections adjacent to the lateral walls of the nasal cavity
Superior and middle nasal conchae
Projections of the ethmoid bone
Paranasal sinuses
Air-filled chambers within the bones surrounding the nasal cavity
Frontal sinuses
Sinuses within the frontal bone
Sphenoid and ethmoid sinuses
Sinuses within the sphenoid and ethmoid bone
Maxillary sinuses
Sinuses within the maxillary bones
Posterior nasal apertures
where the nasal cavity opens into the pharynx
Three divisions of the pharynx
Nasopharynx, oropharynx, and the laryngopharynx
Soft palate
Separates the nasopharynx from the oropharynx
Uvula
Flips upward when you swallow to prevent food or liquid from entering the nasal cavity
Auditory tube
allows the air pressure inside the eardrum to be equalized with the pressure outside the eardrum.
Epiglottis
The most superior cartilage of the larynx
Larynx
A short cylinder composed primarily of cartilage and stabilized ligaments and muscles.
Hyoid bone
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Thyroid cartilage
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Laryngeal prominence
The point of fusion in the midline of the thyroid cartilage
Cricoid cartilage
Provides support for the larynx
Epiglottis
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Vestibular fold/ False vocal cord
Superior fold, cover the true vocals cords and keeps them moist
Vocal folds/True vocal cords
Involved in voice production
glottis
The space between the left and right vocal folds
Hilum
Provides an entry point for the bronchi and exits for blood vessels
Three lobes of the right lung
Superior, middle, and inferior
Two lobes of the left lung
superior and inferior
Cardiac notch
The concavity in the medial surface of the left lung where the heart projects
Visceral pleura
Membranous covering of the lungs
Parietal pleura
Line the inside of the thoracic wall, helps reduce friction experienced by the lungs during respiration
Lobar bronchi
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Segmental bronchi
branches multiple times and gets smaller each time
Bronchioles
When tubes lack cartilage and are less than 1 mm in diameter
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