Laboratory - Respiratory Airways and Lungs

conducting passageways to the lungs - model

Nose

Nasal cavity

Nasal septum

Pharynx

Larynx

Glottis

Epiglottis

Thyroid cartilage

Vocal folds (true vocal cords)

Trachea

Tracheal cartilage

Primary bronchi

Secondary bronchi

lungs - lung model

Pleural cavities

Pleural cavity

Parietal pleura - line pleural cavities

Visceral pleura - cover lungs

Pleural space - space between parietal and visceral pleura

Lobes

right lung - superior, middle and inferior lobes

left lung - superior and inferior lobes

Intrapulmonary bronchi - tertiary and smaller bronchi

Bronchioles

Alveoli

Elastic fibers are prominent

Alveolar Capillaries

© David G. Ward, Ph.D.  Last modified by wardd 23 May, 2006