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The different parts of the conducting portion and their respective functions are as follows:

  • external nares/nostrils: for the take in and exhalation of air
  • nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses: filter, warm and moisten the air
  • pharynx: passageway, filters air
  • larynx: prevents food and water from entering the airway during swallowing, helps with speech
  • trachea: forms the main airway, filters air
  • bronchi: form the airway branches that enter the lungs
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