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SUBDIVISION FUNCTION<br />

(1) SUPRALARYNGEAL STRUCTURES<br />

(su-prah-lah-RIN-je-al)<br />

(2) LARYNX (voice box)<br />

(LARE-inks)<br />

(3) INFRALARYNGEAL STRUCTURES<br />

(in-frah-lah-RIN-je-al)<br />

MD0006 7-4<br />

Cleanse, warm, moisten, and test<br />

inflowing air<br />

Controls the volume of inflowing air;<br />

produces selected pitch(vibration<br />

frequency) in the moving column of air<br />

Distribute air to the alveoli of the lung<br />

where the actual external respiration takes<br />

place<br />

Table 7-1. The main subdivisions of the respiratory system.<br />

7-3. SUPRALARYNGEAL STRUCTURES<br />

See figure 7-2.<br />

Figure 7-2. Supralaryngeal structures.

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