Respiratory System
Respiratory System
Respiratory System
Maxillae
The nose has 5 functions:
1.It serves as an air passageway.
2.It warms and moistens inhaled air.
3.Its cilia and mucous membrane trap dust, pollen,
bacteria, and foreign matter.
4.It contains olfactory receptors, which smell odors.
5.It aids in phonation and the quality of voice.
The pharynx is
the correct term
for the throat.
It is a muscular
and
membranous
tube that is
about 5 inches
long, extending
downward from
the base of the
The nasopharynx is behind the skull. It
nose; the oropharynx is behind eventually
the mouth; the laryngopharynx becomes the
is behind the larynx. esophagus.
There are 7 openings
into the pharynx.
In the nasopharynx,
there are two
openings from the
eustachian tubes of
the ear , and two
openings from the
posterior nares of the
nose .
In the oropharnyx is
one opening from the
mouth .
The pharynx also
contains 3 pairs of
tissues that are part
of the lymphatic
system:
1. the pharyngeal tonsils… the adenoids
2. the palatine tonsils
3. the lingual tonsils
The pharynx has 3 functions:
1.serves as a passageway for air
2.serves as a passageway for food
3. aids in phonation by changing its shape.
The larynx, commonly called the
voicebox, is located at the upper
end of the trachea, below the root
of the tongue and hyoid bone. It is
lined with mucous membrane.
C-shaped rings
Trachea of cartilage
provide
Cartilage rings prevent protection on the
crushing of the trachea front and sides
The trachea is the passageway for air to and from
the lungs. It is lined with cilia (hairs), which
sweep foreign matter out of the pathway. It is only
about 1 inch in diameter and 4 ½ inches long.
The bronchi are the
two main branches
at the bottom of the
trachea, providing
passageway for air
to the lungs. The
trachea divides
into the right
bronchus and the As the branches of the
left bronchus, and bronchial tree get smaller,
then divides further the 2 primary bronchi
into the bronchial become bronchioles, and
tree. then very small alveolar
(al VEE ah ler) ducts.
The left bronchi is
smaller than the right
bronchi, because room
is needed to
accommodate the heart.