Conducting zone
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The conducting zone of the respiratory system is made up of the trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and terminal bronchioles.
The conducting zone represents the 1st through the 16th division of the respiratory tract.
Functions
- Low resistance pathway for airflow
- Defence
- Warms and moistens air
- Phonates
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Anatomy: respiratory system |
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| Nose • Nasal cavity • Pharynx • Larynx • Trachea • Lungs • Bronchi • Alveoli • Conducting zone • Respiratory zone |
Anatomy of torso, respiratory system: Lungs and related structures | |
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| lungs | right • left • lingula • apex • base • root • cardiac notch • cardiac impression • hilum • borders (anterior, posterior, inferior) • surfaces (costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic) • fissures (oblique, horizontal) |
| conducting zone | trachea (tracheal rings, carina) • bronchi • main bronchus (right, left) • lobar/secondary bronchi (eparterial bronchus) • segmental/tertiary bronchi (bronchopulmonary segment) • bronchiole • terminal bronchiole |
| respiratory zone | |
| pleurae | parietal pleura (cervical, costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic) • visceral pleura • pulmonary ligament • recesses (costomediastinal, costodiaphragmatic) • pleural cavity |
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