When people aspirate liquids or food into their lungs, the liquid or food most commonly enters the right lung rather than the left lung. This is because the right primary bronchus is __________ than the left primary bronchus

A. longer
B. thinner
C. more vertical
D. less ciliated
E. shorter


C

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Which of the following anatomical sequences is correct?

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