Air Tubes
The main entrance for air entering the airway.
With are the external nares?
The separation between the nasal cavities.
What is the nasal septum?
Referred to as a "head cold"
What is upper respiratory infection?
Three functions of the paranasal sinuses.
What are the production of mucus, lightening of the skull, sound resonance?
The membrane that lines the majority of the respiratory tubes.
What is respiratory muscosa?
Boney structures that protrude into the nasal cavity that increase the surface area of the nasal cavity.
What are the nasal conchae/ turbinates?
Cells that produce a majority of the mucus in the airway.
What are goblet cells?
Prolonged exposure to cigarette and other smoke causes these 3 injuries to the cells of the airway.
What are paralyzed cilia, increased mucus production, smoker's cough