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What is lungs.
Carries out the exchange of gases as we breathe
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What is diaphragm.
A sheet of internal skeletal muscle that pulls and pushes against the lungs as we inhale and exhale
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What is larynx.
Hollow muscular organ which holds the vocal cords (voice box) which produce sounds
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What is bronchus
The two major air passageways leading from the trachea to the lungs
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What is Epiglottis
A flap of elastic cartilage attached to the larynx that closes when food passes by
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