Description

Also called the throat.
A potentially serious infectious disease that mainly affects your lungs.
Any of the many tiny air sacs of the lungs which allow for rapid gaseous exchange.
The action of breathing.
A sheet of internal skeletal muscle that extends across the bottom of the thoracic cavity.
The part of the pharynx that lies between the soft palate and the hyoid bone.
Folds of membranous tissue that project inward from the sides of the larynx to form a slit across the glottis in the throat, and whose edges vibrate in the airstream to produce the voice.
The upper part of the pharynx, connecting with the nasal cavity above the soft palate.
The part of the larynx consisting of the vocal cords and the slitlike opening between them. It affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.
The windpipe.
The lung volume representing the normal volume of air displaced between normal inhalation and exhalation when extra effort is not applied.
A substance that tends to reduce the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved.
Structures on the side wall of the inside of the nose.
The volume of air still remaining in the lungs after the most forcible expiration possible and amounting usually to 60 to 100 cubic inches.
The hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords in humans and other mammals; the voice box.
Exhalation of breath.
A flap of cartilage at the root of the tongue, which is depressed during swallowing to cover the opening of the windpipe.
Where both food and air pass.
The drawing in of breath; inhalation.
The ring-shaped cartilage of the larynx.
Any of the minute branches into which a bronchus divides.
The outer membrane which is attached to the inner surface of the thoracic cavity.
Inflammation of the lining of bronchial tubes, which carry air to and from the lungs.
A large cartilage of the larynx, a projection of which forms the Adam's apple in humans.
The delicate serous membrane that covers the surface of each lung and dips into the fissures between the lobes.
Each of a pair of serous membranes lining the thorax and enveloping the lungs in humans and other mammals.
A condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and enlarged, causing breathlessness.

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