(the voice box)

 primary function is to keep food and drink out of the airway

also plays a role in sound production
 

an anterior peak of the thyroid cartilage called the laryngeal prominence. Testosterone stimulates its growth.

Windpipe, allows passage of air into lungs

Identified by the C shaped rings lining it

Cat lungs - Several lobes, right side has 4 (including mediastinal) left only with 3

Anterior, Middle, Posterior lobes

 principal function is to transport oxygen from the atmosphere into the bloodstream, and to release carbon dioxide from the bloodstream into the atmosphere.

Skeletal Muscle

facilitates breathing with its cycle of contraction and relaxation

Kinda looks like a thin mushroom in the cat between thoracic and abdominal regions

Most of our metabolism directly or indirectly requires ATP. Most ATP synthesis requires oxygen and generates CO2 – thus driving the need to breathe in order to supply the former and eliminate the latter. 

Maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximal inspiration.

Approx 4800ml

VC = TV + IRV + ERV 

A system of vessels, tissue, nodes, and organs which function in both carrying lymph and performing tasks related to immunity

EX: tonsils, thymus, and spleen

a clear-to-white fluid made of:

tiny little bean shaped thingies. located in clusters in various parts of the body, such as the neck, armpit, groin, and inside the center of the chest and abdomen.

  Lymph nodes produce immune cells that help the body fight infection

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functions in the development of lymphocytes. Begins to atrophy in early teens. In older people it is tiny or non existant.

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white blood cells in the urine

indicates inflammation of the urinary tract