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| upper respiratory tracts is found? |
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| Lower respiratory tract is found? |
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| The olfactory mucosa is found where? |
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| nasal septum is composed of? |
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| name the three distinct regions of the pharynx (throat)? |
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| nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx |
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| olfactory epithelium is required for what? |
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| goblet cells in the nasal cavity produce what? |
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| the air inside the nasal cavity is warmed by what? |
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| the high vascularity of the membranes |
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| three functions of the pharynx |
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passageway for food and air,
resonating chamber for speech production,
tonsils (lymphatic tissues) |
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| The larynx connects what? |
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| The pharynx and the trachea |
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| what is the trachea made up of? |
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| smooth muscle and cartilage |
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| what is the purpose of the cartilage around the trachea |
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| the parietal membrane is the _____ membrane? |
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| the visceral membrane is the ______ membrane? |
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| what is the name of the space between the parietal membrane and the visceral membrane surrounding the lungs called? |
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| what is another term for a pneumothorax? |
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| what is the name given to the tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchiole? |
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