Is essential to understand how it performs its functions, from the main one, gas exchange, to other non-respiratory functions such as acid-base balance, phonation, lung defense, pulmonary metabolism and processing of bioactive materials.
ORGANS
NOSE
filter, warm and moisten the air you breathe. Nose hairs and mucus produced by cells in the nose trap airborne particles and prevent them from entering the lungs
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WINDPIPE
long tube leading to the lungs, where it divides into the bronches
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DIAPHRAGM
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When it contracts, the volume of the chest increases and the lungs take in air
When you relax, the volume of the chest decreases and the air is pushed out of the lungs.
EPIGLOTTIS
covers your windpipe when you eat or drink. The muscle that controls the epiglottis is involuntary and prevents food from entering your lungs or windpipe
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