The Lungs
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Conducting Zone Primary Bronchi ◦Divided into left and right (right is usually straighter and shorter) Apex ◦top narrow portion of lungs Base ◦rests on diaphragm Brionchioles ◦Smallest conducting passageway
Pleura
Lungs Pulmonary Pleura ◦covers lungs Parietal pleura ◦lines the walls of the thoracic cavity Pleural cavity ◦space between the pulmonary and parietal pleura
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Alveoli air sac where gas exchange occurs
Alveoli
Respiratory Zone alveoli alveoli ducts alveolar sacs
Conducting Zone Everything from nose to bronchioles