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Megan Sylvester

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

RESPIRATORY ANATOMY

MEGAN SYLVESTER

NASAL CAVITY

MOISTENS AND WARMS AIR AS YOU BREATHE IN

EXTERNAL NARES

ALLOWS AIR TO ENTER

NASAL SEPTUM

SEPARATES LEFT AND RIGHT CAVITIES

CONCHAE

WARMS AND HUMIDIFIES AIR. MAKES AIR SWIRL AROUND

LACRIMAL SAC

COLLECTS TEARS FROM EYES AND DRSINS THEM THROUGH THE NASAL CAVITY

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PHARYNX

PASSAGEWAY FOR AIR AND FOOD TO ENTER INTO LUNGS AND STOMACHDD

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EUSTACIAN TUBE

EQUALIZATION OF AIR PRESSURE BETWEEN MIDDLE AND EXTERIOR EAR

PHARYNGEAL TONSIL

CATCHES BACTERIA AND TRAPS DIRT AS IT COMES IN

PALATINE TONSIL

CATCHES BACTERIA AND TRAPS DIRT THAT COMES IN

LARYNX

VOICE BOX

VOCAL CORDS

MAKES HIGH/LOW PITCHED SOUNDS. TENSED=HIGH. RELAXED/LOW

GLOTTIS

SPACE BETWEEN VOCAL CORDS. BELOW EPIGLOTTIS. HOLDS AIR IN

EPIGLOTTIS

PREVENTS FOOD FROM ENTERING TRACHEA

TRACHEA

PART OF OPEN PASSAGEWAY WHERE AIR CAN REACH LUNGS FROM THE OUTSIDE

PRIMARY BRONCHI

FIRST BRANCHES OF TRACHEA. LEADS TO LUNGS

SECONDARY BRONCHI

BRONCHIOLES

ALVEOLI

ASSIST IN DIFFUSION. EXCHANGE OF OXYGRN & CARBON DIOXIDE

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AIDS IN RESPIRATION. SEPARATES THORACIC & ABDOMINAL CAVITY

FLATTENS OUT WHEN IT CONTRACTS. MAKES CHEST CAVITY LONGER. MOST IMPORT.

EXTERNAL INTERCOSTALS

HELPS TO EXHALE

INTERNAL INTERCOSTALS

HELPS BEATHE IN