BIOL-242 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Olfactory Mucosa, Paranasal Sinuses, Nasal Cavity

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Supplies body with o2 for cellular respiration; dispose of co2 a waste product of cellular respiration. Its four processes involve both respiratory and circulatory systems. Pulmonary ventilation (breathing)-movement of air into and out of lungs. External respiration-o2 and co2 exchange between lungs and blood. Internal respiration-o2 and co2 exchange between systemic blood vessels and tissues. In the respiratory mucosa, sensory nerve endings trigger sneezing and mucous and serous secretions contain lysozyme and defensins. Paranasal: in frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, and maxillary bones. Lighten skull; secrete mucus; help to warm and moisten air: pharynx // muscular tube from base of skull to c6 that connects nasal cavity and mouth to larynx and esophagus. And laryngopharynx: larynx // three functions of the larynx: provides a patent (open) airway, act as a switching mechanism to route air and food into the proper channels, voice production. [because it houses the vocal folds (vocal cords)]. Thyroid cartilage with laryngeal prominence (adam"s apple)

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