RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

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RESPIRATORY

Oversees gas exchanges (oxygen and carbon dioxide) between the blood and external environment

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ALVEOLI

Exchange of gasses takes place within the lungs in the-

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CONCHAE

Projections in the nasal's lateral walls that Increases surface area and air turbulence within nasal cavity

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EXCHANGE GASES

The following are the functions of the sinuses, EXCEPT

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OROPHARYNX AND LARYNGOPHARYNX

The common passageways for air and food

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LARYNX

Routes air and food into proper channels and plays a role in speech

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EPIGLOTTIS

Superior opening of the larynx and routes food to the larynx and air toward the trachea

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TRACHEA

Lined with ciliated mucosa that expel mucus loaded with dust and other debris away from lungs

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LUNGS

The main respiratory organs which occupy most of the thoracic cavity

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PULMONARY PLEURA

Coverings of the lungs that covers the lung surface