front 1 Function of the conducting zone | back 1 provides a fairly rigid conduits for air to reach the gas exchange sites. |
front 2 which zone cleanses, humidifies and warm incoming air | back 2 conducting zone |
front 3 passageway connecting nasal cavity to larynx and oral cavity to esophagus | back 3 pharynx |
front 4 houses the tonsils | back 4 pharynx |
front 5 passageway for air and food | back 5 pharynx |
front 6 connects pharynx to trachea | back 6 larynx |
front 7 had framework of cartilage and dense connective tissue | back 7 larynx |
front 8 house vocal folds | back 8 larynx |
front 9 prevents food from entering lower respiratory tract | back 9 larynx |
front 10 mucosa-lined, air filled cavities in cranial bones surrounding nasal cavity | back 10 paranasal sinuses |
front 11 descends from the larynx through the neck and into the mediastinum | back 11 trachea |
front 12 located posterior to the nasal cavity, inferior to the sphenoid bone, and superior to the level of the soft palate | back 12 nasopharynx |
front 13 serves only as an sir passageway | back 13 nasopharynx |
front 14 formed by the fusion of two cartilage plates | back 14 thyroid cartilage |
front 15 forms part of the lateral and posterior walls of the larynx | back 15 arytenoid cartilage |
front 16 anchors the vocal folds | back 16 arytenoid cartilage |
front 17 composed of elastic cartilage and is almost entirely covered by a taste bud-containing mucosa | back 17 epiglottis |
front 18 guardian of the airways | back 18 epiglottis |
front 19 one of the microscopic air sacs of the lungs | back 19 alveolus |
front 20 one of the two large branches of the trachea that lead to the lungs | back 20 bronchus |
front 21 branching air passageways inside the lungs that are smaller the 1 mm in diameter | back 21 bronchioles |
front 22 the point where the trachea branches into the two main bronchi | back 22 carina |
front 23 high sensitive and violent coughing is triggered when a foreign object makes contact with it | back 23 carina |
front 24 covers the thoracic wall and superior face of the diaphragm | back 24 parietal pleura |
front 25 continues around the heart and between the lungs, forming lateral walls of the mediastinal enclosure and snugly enclosing the lung root | back 25 parietal pleura |
front 26 covers the external lung surface, dipping into and lining it fissures | back 26 visceral pleura |