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| What are the 5 functions of the nose |
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1.Provides an airway for respiration
2.Moistens and warms the entering air by high water content in cavity
3.Filters inspired air and cleans it of foreign matter
4.Serves as a resonating chamber for speech
5.Houses the olfactory receptors |
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| What are the three parts of the nose?? |
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Nasophrynx
Oropharynx
Laryngopharynx |
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1.Provides a patent airway
2.Routes air and food into proper channels
3.Voice production |
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intrapulmonary-intraplural
Ppul-Ppip |
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| What are the causes of asthma |
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| The airways are restricted as a result of histamines and excess mucus is produced. intense bronchoconstriction |
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| What is the cause of pneumonia |
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| infection of the lungs by bacteria or viruses. |
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| usually due to inadequate pulmonary gas exchange |
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