Chapter 13 - Exercise 12 - Who Am I?

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Vocal cords/folds

We are 2 fibrous connective tissue bands in the larynx that vibrate as air passes over them to produce sound.

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Trachea

I am also known as the windpipe.

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Diaphragm

As a thin dome-shaped muscle, I form the boundary between the thoracic & abdominal cavities.

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Larynx

I am a short, irregular shaped tube of cartilage & muscle that connects the pharynx with the trachea.

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Bifurcation

I am the point at which the trachea divides into 2 primary bronchi.

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Glottis

I open into the larynx.

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Nares

I am another name for nostrils.

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Nasal Septum

I form the midline barrier that separates the left & right nasal passages.

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Pharynx

I form the common passageway for the respiratory & digestive tracts.

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Arytenoid Cartilage

I am made of cartilage; the vocal folds attach to me in the larynx.

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Nasal Passage

As a convoluted air passageway in the nose, I conduct air between the nostrils & the pharynx.

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Nasal Turbinates

We are thin, scroll-like bones that fill most of the space in the nasal cavity.

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Alveoli

As microscopic, thin-walled sacs in the lung, we are surrounded by networks of capillaries.

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Paranasal Sinus

I am an outpouching of the nasal passage that is housed within a space in a skull bone.

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Lobe

I am referred to also as a subdivision of the lung.