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2. Pharynx (throat)
a. Passage way for air and food
3. Larynx
a. Connects the pharynx to the trachea
b. Voice box (voice production, vocal cords)
4. Trachea (windpipe)
a. Rings of flexible cartilage to support it and keep it open if
pressure changes
5. Bronchi
a. Division of trachea into lungs
b. Subdivide into smaller and smaller branches
c. Also clean, warm, and moisten air
6. Lungs
a. Divided into lobes by fissures (or lines)
i. Left lung has 2 lobes
ii. Right lung has 3 lobes
7. Bronchioles
a. Smallest branches of the bronchi
b. The end bronchioles end in