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=Respiratory System=

(10) What are the three respiratory disorders commonly associated with smoking tobacco?
1. The purpose of the respiratory system is to ensure that oxygen enters the body and carbon dioxide leaves the body.

2. It stars with the nasal cavity, which filters and moistens the air. The pharynx takes the air down to the space between the vocal chords, called the glottis. From the glottis the air moves down the larynx, down to the trachea, then goes into the bronchus, to the bronchioles, and finally into the lungs

3. Nasal cavity: filters, and moistens air, Pharynx: passageway where pathway for air and food cross Glottis: space between the vocal chords, Larynx: voice box.

4. nasopharynx, the oropharynx, and the laryngopharynx all are the parts of the pharynx

5. The cross is between the air and food passages. They cross because the larynx, which revceives air, is in front of the esophagus. Since it is infront of the 2 pathways cross.

6. Trachea, or windpipe: passage of air to bronchi, Bronchus passage of air to lungs, Bronchioles passage of air to alveoli, Lung contains alveoli and carries out gas exchange, Diaphragm skeletal muscle that functions in ventilation

7. The Lungs

8. Sinusitis, otitis media, tonsilitis, and laryngitis.

9. acute bronchitis, pneumonia, and pulmonary tuberculosis.

10. lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, emphysema