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*Primary Function
* Gas Exchange
* Secondary Functions
* Speech
* pH regulation of internal environment
*Anatomical Divisions
* Conducting pathways
* Respiratory regions
* sites of gas exchange
*Conducting Pathways
* Upper respiratory tract
* Nasal cavity
* Pharynx
*Nasal Cavity
* Functions
* warms air
* humidifies air
* filters air
* Pharynx
* Functions
* food and air pathways
* resonating chamber for voice
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* swallowing
* 3 divisions
* Nasopharynx
* Oropharynx
* Laryngopharynx
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* Sound production
*Trachea (‘Windpipe’)
* General features
* 1 inch diameter
* 4-5 inches long
* 1st inch in neck
*Bronchioles
* Branch off of tertiary bronchi
* Less than 1 mm in diameter
* Smooth muscle in walls
* exhibit bronchoconstriction & bronchodilation
*Terminal Bronchioles
* Last bronchioles before alveoli
* Deliver air to lung lobules
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Review:
*Anatomical Divisions of Respiratory System
* Conducting pathways
* Respiratory regions: sites of gas exchange
*respiratory bronchioles
*alveoli
*Respiratory Bronchioles
* have alveoli
*Structure of Lungs
* Alveoli
* Bronchi and Bronchioles
* Reticular CT with lots of elastic fibers
* Blood vessels and nerves
*Pleural Cavities
*Pleural membranes
* Visceral pleura
* Parietal pleura
*Pulmonary Ventilation
o Movement of air into and out of the alveoli
*Ventilation Steps
o Inspiration (quiet or forced)
o Expiration (quiet or forced)
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o Diaphragm
o External intercostals
*Why does air enter the lungs when these muscles contract?