What is the anatomy of the respiratory system?
As you know, the respiratory system is in charge of breathing, but what is involved and how does it help with respiration?
When you breathe, it is not just the lungs that is doing all of the work. The mouth, nose and nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi and bronchioles, and muscles of respiration all attribute to you breathing. |
Mouth
trachea
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nose and nasal cavity
Bronchi
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pharynx
Lungs
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larynx
muscles of respiration
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