Assertion: pharynx | /r/CapableOf | filter air
Facets:
value: to protect the body
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: /o uvula nose structure that warms, moistens, and filters air as it enters the repiratory tract sinuses air-filled spaces in the skull that open into the nasal cavity palate roof ot the mouth; partition between the oral and nasal cavaties hard palate bony anterior portion of the palate soft palate muscular posterior portion of the palate pharynx throat; passageway for food to the esophagus and for air to the larynx nasopharynx part of the pharynx directly behind the nasal passages oropharynx central portionof the pharynx between the roof of the mouth and the upper edge of the epiglottis laryngopharynx lower part of the pharynx, just below the oropharyngeal opening into the larynx and esophagus tonsils oval lymphatic tissues on each side of the pharynx that filter air to protect the body from bacterial invasion; also called palatine tonsils adenoid lymphatic tissue on the back of the pharynx behind the nose; also called pharyngeal tonsil uvula small projection hanging from the back middle edge of the soft palate; named for its grape-like shape larynx voice box; passageway for air moving form the pharynx to the trachea;contains the vocal cords glottis opening between the vocal cords in the larynx epiglottis a lid-like structure that covers the larynx during swallowing to prevent food from entering the airway trachea windpipe; passageway for air from the larynx to the area of the carina, where it splits into the right and left bronchi bronchial tree branched airways that lead from the trachea to the microscopic air sacs called alveoli right and left bronchus two primary airways branching from the area of the carina into the lungs bronchioles progressively smaller tubular branches of the airways lungs two spongy organs in the thoracic cavity enclosed by the diaphragm and rib cage; responsible for respiration lobes subdivisions of the lung, with two on the left and three on the right pleura membranes enclosing the lung and lining the thoracic cavity pleural cavity potential space between the visceral and parietal layers of the pleura diaphragm muscular partition that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity and that moves upward and downward to aid in respiration mediastinum partition that separates the thoracic into two compartments and that encloses the heart, eosphagus, trachea, and thymus gland mucous membranes thin sheets of tissue that line respriatory passages and secrete mucus, a viscid (sticky) fluid cilia hair-like processes from the surface of epithelial cells, such as those of the bronchi, to move mucous cell secretions upward parenchyma functional tissues of any organ, such as the tissues of the bronchioles, alveoli, ducts, and sacs, that perform respiration eupnea normal breathing bradypnea slow breathing tachypnea fast breathing hypopnea shallow breathing hyperpnea deep breathing dyspnea difficulty breathing apnea inablilty to breathe orthopnea ability to breathe only in an upright position Cheyne-Stokes respiration pattern of breathing characterized by a gradual increase of depth and, sometimes, in rate to a maximum level, followed by a decrease, resulting in apnea crackles/rales popping sounds heard on auscultation of the lung when air enters diseased airways and alveoli; occurs in disorders such as bronchiectasis or atelectasis wheezes,rhonchi high-pitched, musical sounds heard on auscultation of the lung as air flows through a narrowed airway; occurs in disorders such as asthma or emphysema stridor high-pitched, crowing sound that occurs with an obstruction in the upper airway caseous necrosis degeneration and death of tissue with a cheese-like appearance cyanosis bluish coloration of the skin caused by a deficient amount of oxygen in the blood dysphonia hoarseness epistaxis nosebleed expectoration coughing up and spitting out of material from the lungs sputum material expelled form the lungs by coughing hemoptysis coughing up and spitting out blood that originates in the lungs