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Nasal Septum (vomer + cartilage) - ANSWER ✔✔Separates nasal
cavity
Pharynx - ANSWER ✔✔- Nasopharynx
- Oropharynx
Nasopharynx - ANSWER ✔✔Air only
Oropharynx - ANSWER ✔✔air + food
Larynx (voice box) - ANSWER ✔✔- epiglottis
, - glottis
- cartilages
Epiglottis - ANSWER ✔✔Prevents food entering airways
glottis - ANSWER ✔✔opening for airflow
Cartilages - ANSWER ✔✔- thyroid (adam's apple)
- Cricoid (ring-shaped)
- Arytenoid (controls vocal cords)
Trachea - ANSWER ✔✔- C-shaped cartilage rings --> keep airway
open
- trachealis muscle --> adjusts diameter
- carina --> where trachea splits into bronchi (highly sensitive --> cough
reflex)
Right lung - ANSWER ✔✔3 lobes
left lung - ANSWER ✔✔2 lobes (space for heart)
air pathway - ANSWER ✔✔trachea --> primary bronchi --> secondary
bronchi --> tertiary bronchi --> bronchioles --> alveoli
alveoli - ANSWER ✔✔gas exchange (O₂ in, CO₂ out)