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Question 14

After air passes the larynx, or voice box, which route takes it toward the gas-exchange surface?

  1. Trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoliCorrect answer
  2. Esophagus, stomach, bronchi, alveoli
  3. Alveoli, bronchioles, bronchi, trachea
  4. Trachea, heart, bronchioles, lungs

Explanation

Air moves from the trachea, or windpipe, into the bronchi, through smaller bronchioles, and finally reaches the alveoli. The esophagus carries swallowed material, so a route through it cannot deliver inhaled air to the lungs.

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