The conducting airways
a. participate in gas exchange. c. remove moisture from incoming air.
b. cool the incoming airway. d. prevent the entry of foreign material.
D
The conducting airways consist of the upper airways, the trachea, and the bronchial tree. Their major functions are to warm and humidify the inhaled air, prevent the entrance of foreign matter into the gas exchange areas, and serve as a passageway for air entering and leaving the gas exchange regions of the lungs.
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