BIOL301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pulmonary Vein, Vocal Folds, Pulmonary Plexus
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Basic function is to supply the body with oxygen and to dispose of carbon dioxide. Includes: nose, nasal cavity, and paranasal sinuses, pharynx, larynx, and trachea, bronchi and smaller branches, lugs and alveoli. Respiratory organs are divided into two: conducting zone these carry the air to the sites of gas exchange leads to the respiratory zone, respiratory zine site where gas exchange occurs. This is the part of the respiratory system that is visible externally. Works to condition and filter air, mainly to warm up the air and filter out any harsh chemicals that might be entering our system. Divided into: external nose frontal and nasal bones are superiorly, maxillary bones laterally, and hyaline cartilage is an anterior aspect of nose. External nares, which are nostrils leads into the pharynx - nostrils are divided by the nasal septum. Continuous with nasopharynx posterior nasal apertures called choanae (kind of like a hole or an opening)