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Gaseous Exchange In Human Beings (respiration) by airowblog: 7:34pm On Jan 20, 2016 |
Welcome, today I shall write on respiration. Air enters the body either through the mouth or the nostrils (external openings leading to the nasal cavity). The mouth and the naval cavity opens into the pharynx. Pharynx is a short passageway, which branches at the end in two directions. One leads to the digestive tract, and the other to the larrynx (voice box) and the lower air pathways. Glottis is the entrance to the larynx. During swallowing, a flap (epiglottis) covers the glottis to prevent food and liquid from entering the air pathways. When the glottis opens, air enters the larynx. The larynx leads to the trachea (wind pipe) which branches into two bronchi (singular: bronchus), the air tubes that enter the lungs. Each bronchus branches repeatedly within the lungs to form smaller air tubes. All these air tubes are kept open by incomplete rings of cartilage to allow air flow. The smaller air tubes are called bronchioles. Very fine branches of the ...... More >>>www.rowlandokonko.com/2016/01/gaseous-exchange-in-human-beings.html?m=0 |
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