BIOL 208 Study Guide - Final Guide: Lingual Tonsils, Alveolar Duct, Intrapleural Pressure
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Conducting zone (cz)/dead air space - includes all the respiratory passageways where no gas exchange occurs, structures found within the cz purify, humidify, and warm the incoming air on its way to the rz. Respiratory zone (rz) - actual location of gas exchange, include 4 components: Respiratory bronchioles - have their walls, smooth muscles, and the ability to constrict and relax; rst area where there is some moderate gas exchange. Serves as the common pathway for air and food and as a resonating chamber (as does the nose) Thursday, april 14, 2016: nasopharynx - contains posterior nasal aperture, eustachian/auditory tube which connects nasopharynx to the inner ear, and the palatine/adenoid tonsil ( rst of several tonsils) Tonsil - an aggregated mass of lymph nodules and associated lymph vessels found in the various regions of the pharyngeal mucosa. Palatine tonsils found between two arches of lateral wall.
