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Figure 135.
The trachea and bronchi are made of incomplete rings of cartilage
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.
Lungs: Bronchi and Alveoli
The left and right lungs are reached by the bifurcation (dividing) of the trachea's end. The
lungs do not match up exactly. The larger right lung has three lobes, while the smaller left lung only
has two lobes (Figure 136).
The muscular
diaphragm
,
which facilitates breathing,
is inferior to
(below) the lungs and marks the end of the thoracic cavity.
Figure 136.
In
the lungs, the trachea divides into the right and left bronchi. The right lung is
bigger and has
three lobes. The left lung has only two lobes and is smaller to accommodate the heart.
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(credit: modification of work by Gray's Anatomy)
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In the lungs, air is diverted into smaller and smaller passages, or
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