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Respiratory system

1) movement of air to and from the exchange surface


2)provides a surface areas for gas exchange


3) protection (self), reflexes, warming and humidifying air, mucus secretion, mucus escalator


4) phonation


5) secretion (mucus)


These are all functions of what system?

Upper respiratory tract

External naris, nasal cavity, internal naris, nasopharynx, laryngopharynx, oropharynx are all structures of?

Lower respiratory tract

Larynx, trachea, (1,2,3) bronchi, bronchioles, terminal bronchioles, respiratory bronchiole, alveolar duct, alveoli are all structures of what?

Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

What is respiratory mucosa lined with?

Numerous mucus glands

In the upper respiratory tract the lamina propria contains ________


In the lower respiratory tract the lamina propria contains smooth muscle from the trachea to terminal bronchioles

Mucus escalator

______ _______ is the movement of mucus by epithelium up the tract to remove debris.

Air; pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium

Nasopharynx function:


Epithelial lining:

Air and food; stratified squamous epithelium

Oropharynx function:


Epithelial lining

Air and food; stratified squamous epithelium

Laryngopharynx function:


Epithelial lining:

Air; pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium

Trachea function:


Epithelial lining: