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Two friends are eating together on a dining table.One of them suddenly starts coughing while swalloing some food. This coughing would have been due to improper movement of: 

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Respiratory System in Humans
  • The human respiratory system is divisible into two portions:
    • Conducting Portion:
      • Nose 
      • Pharynx
      • Larynx
      • Trachea
      • Bronchi
      • Lobular and terminal bronchioles
    • Respiratory Portion:
      • Respiratory bronchioles
      • Alveolar ducts
      • Alveolar sacs and alveoli
  • There is a pair of external nostrils opening out above the upper lips. It leads to a nasal chamber through the nasal passage.
  • The nasal chamber opens into the pharynx.
  • The pharynx opens through the larynx region into the trachea.
  • The larynx is a cartilaginous box which helps in sound production and hence called the soundbox.Larynx is made up of 9 cartilages out of which three are paired and three are unpaired
  • During swallowing, glottis can be covered by a thin elastic cartilaginous flap called the epiglottis to prevent the entry of food into the larynx. 
  • The trachea is a straight tube extending up to the mid-thoracic cavity, which divides at the level of 5th thoracic vertebra into a right and left primary bronchi. 
  • Each bronchus undergoes repeated divisions to form the secondary and tertiary bronchi and bronchioles ending up in very thin terminal bronchioles.
  • The tracheae, primary, secondary and tertiary bronchi, and initial bronchioles are supported by incomplete cartilaginous rings. 
  • Each terminal bronchiole gives rise to a number of very thin, irregular-walled and vascularised bag-like structures called alveoli.
  • The branching network of bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli comprise the lungs.

 

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