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13558680595	nasal conchae function	cleans, warms, and moistens air	0
13558680596	paranasal sinuses function	warm, moisten air, lighten skull	1
13558680597	pharynx function	passageway for food and air	2
13558680598	Larynx	voice box; passageway for air moving from pharynx to trachea; contains vocal cords	3
13558680599	Epiglottis	A flap of tissue that seals off the windpipe and prevents food from entering.	4
13558680600	vocal folds	muscular membranes in the larynx that produce sound	5
13558680601	Trachea	a large membranous tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.	6
13558680602	Lungs function	Contains alveolus where gas exchange occurs	7
13558680603	respiratory zone	site of gas exchange	8
13558680604	conducting zone	conduits to gas exchange sites	9
13558680605	respiratory membrane	where gas exchange occurs between the air on the alveolar side and the blood on the capillary side; the alveolar and capillary walls form the respiratory membrane	10
13558680606	alveolar macrophages function	keep alveolar surfaces sterile	11
13558680607	diaphragm function	contracts to allow the lungs to expand when breathing in air	12