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The smallest respiratory bronchioles subdivide into thin airways called alveolar ______.
True or false: Main bronchi would have less cartilage than tertiary bronchi.
The ______ primary bronchus enters the lung more vertically and is wider and shorter than the other one.
The most inferior tracheal cartilage separates the primary bronchi and forms an internal ridge called the ______.
The ______ is also known as the 'windpipe".
The smallest bronchioles contain no cartilage.
There are 15-20 C-shaped ______ cartilages that support the anterior and lateral walls of the trachea.
The alveoli have thin walls specialized to promote diffusion of gases between the alveolus and the ______.
The distal end of the alveolar duct terminates as a dilated alveolar ______.
The ______ is a highly branched system of air conducting passages that originates from the left and right primary bronchi and progressively branches into narrower tubes ending in terminal bronchioles.
Superior to the larynx is the laryngopharynx. Inferior to the larynx is the ______.
The trachea is lined with ______ which will propel mucus laden particles toward the pharynx where they can be swallowed.
Bronchodilation results when the smooth muscle of the bronchioles ______.
The predominant cell of the alveolar wall is the ______.
The terminal bronchioles conduct air into the ______ bronchioles.
The V-shaped anterior projection of the thyroid cartilage is commonly called the ______ in males.
The inferior region of the pharynx is called the ______.
The conducting airways of the lower respiratory tract include which of the following?
The posterior sides of the tracheal C-shaped pieces of cartilage are bound together by the ______.
The ______ is a common respiratory and digestive pathway through which both air and swallowed food and drink pass.