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12.02
Upper respiratory passageways
Term | Definition |
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adenoids/pharyngeal tonsils | lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx |
lingual tonsils | small mounds of lymphoid tissue at the posterior of the tongue |
nose | an organ of the face for breathing and housing receptors for smell made of an external portion and an internal nasal cavity |
palatine tonsils | paired masses of lymhoid tissue on either side of the oropharynx usually references when tonsils are mentioned alone |
pharynx | the throat common passageway for food entering the esophagus and air entering the larynx |
sinus | a cavity or channel |
sputum | a substance released by coughing or clearing the throat expectoration |
turbinate bones/conchae | bony projections in the nasal cavity that contain receptors for smell |