Assertion: nasopharynx | /r/CapableOf | serve as passageway
Facets:
value: for air
type: PURPOSE
value: to the throat
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: on to the lungs
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for air from the nose
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The nasopharynx serves as a passageway for air traveling from the nose to the throat (and then on to the lungs).
text: The nasopharynx serves as a passageway for air from the nose to the throat and eventually to the lungs.
text: The pharynx includes three regions: The nasopharynx is posterior to the nasal cavity and serves only as a passageway for air.