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  Lower Tract

info in blue boxes may be on the next lab quiz

bronchi:
  primary/secondary/tertiary 
bronchioles
lung w/
     lobes (superior, middle, inferior)
     fissures (horizontal & oblique)
     apex
     cardiac notch
diaphragm

  Upper Tract

  Lab: Respiratory System 

There is a thin area of muscle at the back of the
     Triangle of Auscultation
so it is easier to hear respiratory sounds at this location with a stethoscope. To facilitate hearing respiratory sounds, (since the triangle of auscultation is covered by the scapula bone), you would ask patients to fold their arms across their chest as they bent forward. 

nasal cavity
nasal conchae
soft palate
uvula
pharynx:
    naso, oro, laryngo 
auditory tube in nasopharynx

larynx
hyoid bone
cartilage:
    cricoid & thyroid
​epiglottis
​glottis
vocal folds
trachea with cartilage