LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 25, Problem 5MC
Which is not a function of the paranasal sinuses?
| a. warm inhaled air |
| b. responsible for sound resonance |
| c. gas exchange |
| d. humidify inhaled air |
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