The Respiratory System

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 Functions

Allows gas exchange with blood

Purifies, warms, humidifies incoming air
Shares responsibilities with the
cardiovascular system

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Nasal Cavity
Small hairs trap
dust
Lined with mucus
to warm and
moisturize the air

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Pharynx (Throat)

Muscular passage
from nasal cavity
to larynx

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Larynx (Voice Box)

Contains vocal cords

(speech)
Contains the
epiglottis, which
closes off the
trachea so that food
can go down the
esophagus

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Vocal Cords
Anatomy of the Larynx

Figure 23.4
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Trachea (Windpipe)

Tube that directs air

to the bronchi
Lined with cilia to
get rid of mucus
and dust from the
lungs
Made up of rings of
cartilage
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Anatomy of the Trachea

Figure 23.6a, b
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Left and Right Bronchi

The trachea splits

into two bronchi
Bronchi divide into
smaller branches
called bronchioles

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Left and Right Lungs

Left lung has two lobes

Right lung has three
lobes

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Alveoli
Air sacs where gas exchange takes
place between lungs and blood vessels

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Structure of the Airways
 Respiratory Membrane
(Air-Blood Barrier)

Figure 13.6

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