MEDICAL
LUNGS
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lung
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diaphragm
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windpipe
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bronchus
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Detailed explanation-1: -(WIND-pipe) The airway that leads from the larynx (voice box) to the bronchi (large airways that lead to the lungs). Also called trachea.
Detailed explanation-2: -The trachea begins just under the larynx (voice box) and runs down behind the breastbone (sternum). The trachea then divides into two smaller tubes called bronchi: one bronchus for each lung. The trachea is composed of about 20 rings of tough cartilage.
Detailed explanation-3: -Larynx-also known as the voice box, the larynx is a cylindrical grouping of cartilages, muscles and soft tissue that contains the vocal cords. The larynx is the upper opening into the windpipe (trachea), the passageway to the lungs. Epiglottis-a flap of soft tissue and cartilage located just above the vocal cords.