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| LYMPHATIC TISSUE IN THE NASOPHARYNX; PHARYNGEAL TONSILS. |
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| TIP OR UPPERMOST PORTION OF THE LUNG. |
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| LOWER PORTION OF THE LUNG. |
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| SMALLEST BRANCHES OF THE BRONCHI. |
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| BRANCH OF THE TRACHEA THAT IS A PASSAGEWAY INTO THE LUNG. |
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| GAS PRODUCED BY BODY CELLS WHEN OXYGEN AND FOOD COMBINE; EXHALED THROUGH THE LUNGS. |
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| THIN HAIRS ATTACHED TO THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE EPITHELIUM LINING THE RESPIRATORY TRACT. THEY CLEAR BACTERIA AND FOREIGN SUBSTANCES FROM THE LUNG. |
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| MUSCLE SEPARATING THE CHES AND ABDOMEN. IT CONTRACTS AND RELAXES TO MAKE BREATHING POSSIBLE. |
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| LID-LIKE PIECE OF CARTILAGE THAT COVERS THE LARYNX, PREVENTING FOOD FROM ENTERING THE LARYNX AND TRACHEA DURING SWALLOWING. |
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| SLIT-LIKE OPENING TO THE LARYNX. |
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| BREATHING OUT (EXHALATION). |
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| MIDLINE REGION WHERE THE BRONCHI, BLOOD VESSELS, AND NERVES ENTER AND EXIT THE LUNGS. |
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| BREATHING IN (INHALATION). |
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| VOICE BOX; CONTAINING THE VOCAL CORDS. |
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| REGION BETWEEN THE LUNGS IN THE CHEST CAVITY. IT CONTAINS THE TRACHEA, HEART, AORTA, ESOPHAGUS, AND BRONCHIAL TUBES. |
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| OPENINGS THROUGH THE NOSE CARRYING AIR INTO THE NASAL CAVITIES. |
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| GAS THAT PASSES INTO THE BLOODSTREAM AT THE LUNGS AND TRAVELS TO ALL BODY CELLS. |
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| ONE OF A PAIR OF ALMOND-SHAPED MASSES OF LYMPHATIC TISSUE IN THE OROPHARYNX. |
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| ONE OF THE AIR CAVITIES IN THE BONES NEAR THE NOSE. |
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| OUTER FOLD OF PLEURA LYING CLOSER TO THE RIBS AND CHEST WALL. |
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| DOUBLE-FOLDED MEMBRANE SURROUNDING EACH LUNG. |
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| SPACE BETWEEN THE FOLDS OF THE PLEURA. |
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| ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THE LUNG, RESPONSIBLE FOR RESPIRATION; BRONCHIOLES AND ALVEOLI. |
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| PROCESS OF MOVING AIR INTO AND OUT OF THE LUNGS; BREATHING. |
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| INNER FOLD OF PLEURA LYING CLOSER TO THE LUNG TISSUE. |
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