What is the common name given to classify the airway from the nares to the terminal bronchi-oles?
a. Conducting airways
b. Respiratory airways
c. Transitional airways
d. Upper airway
ANS: A
The airways from the nares to and including the terminal bronchioles comprise the conducting zone airways, which do not participate in gas exchange.
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