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Functions
Surface area for gaseous exchange
Moving air between gas exchange
surfaces and environment
Protection of respiratory surfaces
Sound production
Facilitates detection of olfactory
stimuli
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Nose
Nasal cavity
Paranasal sinuses
Pharynx
Lower
Larynx
Trachea
Bronchi
Bronchioles
Alveoli
Humidifies
water vapour from
mucus
Nasal Vestibule
External nares
Nasal Septum
Divides the nasal
cavity into left and
right portions
Formed by
hyaline cartilage
(anterior) and
fusion of the
perpendicular plate
of the ethmoid bone
and the vomer bone
Maxillary
Nasal
Frontal
Ethmoid &
Sphenoid Bones
Olfactory Region
Areas lined by olfactory epithelium
Receptors in the Olfactory epithelium provide your sense of
smell
Includes:
Paranasal Sinuses
Make skull lighter
Resonance chambers
Lined by mucous
membrane
Mucus keeps nasal
cavity clean and
moist
Osteomeatal ducts
lead into nasal
cavity
Paranasal Sinuses
Nasolacrimal Duct
Delivers tears to
nasal cavity into
inferior nasal
concha
Keeps nasal cavity
moist and clean
The Pharynx
The Pharynx
Nasopharynx
superior portion of pharynx;
separated from oral cavity by the soft
palate
Lined by pseudostratified ciliated
columnar epithelium
Pharyngeal tonsil on posterior wall
Opening to the Eustachian tube on
lateral walls
The Pharynx
Oropharynx
Extends between the soft palate and the
base of the tongue at the level of the
hyoid bone
Posterior to oral cavity
Stratified squamous epithelium
The Pharynx
Laryngopharynx
Inferior part of the pharynx
Lies between the hyoid bone and the
entrance to the larynx and oesophagus
Stratified squamous epithelium
The Larynx
A cartilaginous
structure that
surrounds and
protects the glottis
Begins at veretbra C4
or C5 and ends at C6
Has incomplete
cartilaginous walls
stabilized by
ligaments and
muscles
The Larynx
Largest
Hyaline cartilage
Forms most of the
anterior and lateral
walls of the larynx
Incomplete posteriorly
Anterior surface forms
the Laryngeal
Prominence (Adams
Apple)
Protects the glottis and
entrance to the trachea