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STRUCTURE FUNCTION

warms, moistens, & filters air as it
nose / nasal cavity
is inhaled

passageway for air, leads to
pharynx (throat)
trachea

the voice box, where vocal chord
larynx are located
Organs in the keeps the windpipe "open"

trachea is lined with fine hairs
trachea (windpipe)
Respiratory called cilia which filter air

before it reaches the lungs

System bronchi two branches at the end of the
trachea, each lead to a lung

a network of smaller branches
leading from the bronchi into
bronchioles
the lung tissue & ultimately to
air sacs

the functional respiratory units in
alveoli the lung where gases are

exchanged