1. Introduction and Anatomy of Lungs, Airways and Blood Supply Flashcards

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What are the 4 functions of the respiratory system?

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  • Gas exchange
  • Acid base balance
  • Protection from infection
  • Communication via speech
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How is energy produced by gas exchange?

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Oxygen is burned and energy is released, producing carbon dioxide as a waste product

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What is the respiratory system responsible for?

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  • Acquiring oxygen

- Removing carbon dioxide

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What is the cardiovascular system responsible for?

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  • Transporting oxygen to tissues

- Transporting carbon dioxide away from tissues

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What is external respiration?

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Integration of respiratory and cardiovascular systems allowing the movement of gases between the air and the body’s cells

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Pulmonary artery

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Travels AWAY from the heart

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Pulmonary vein

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Travels TOWARDS the heart

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How does pulmonary circulation differ from systemic circulation?

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  • Opposite in function

- It delivers carbon dioxide to the lungs and picks up oxygen

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What does an increase in energy demand by working muscles lead to?

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  • Increase in rate and depth of breathing

- Increase in heart rate and force of contraction

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What does an increase in rate and depth of breathing speed up?

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  • Substrate (O2) acquisition

- Waste disposal (CO2)

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What does an increase in heart rate and force of contraction speed up?

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  • Substrate delivery to muscle via blood

- Waste removal via blood

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Where does gas exchange occur?

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  • Lungs

- Systemic capillaries

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Describe gas exchange at the lungs.

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  • O2 moves from inspired air to blood

- CO2 moves from blood to air which is then expired

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Describe gas exchange at the systemic capillaries.

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  • O2 moves from blood to cells

- CO2 moves from cells to blood

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How is gas build up in the circulation prevented?

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In steady state:
net volume of oxygen exchanged in the lungs per unit time = net volume exchanged in the tissues.
-The same applies for carbon dioxide

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What does a gas build up in the circulation result in?

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Hampered gas exchange

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What are the average volumes of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged per minute?

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  • 250ml oxygen consumed

- 200ml carbon dioxide produced

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What are the average breathing rates of adults?

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  • At rest 10-20 breaths/min

- At maximum exercise 40-45 breaths/min

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What physical structures form the respiratory system?

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  • Nose
  • Pharynx
  • Epiglottis
  • Larynx
  • Trachea
  • Bronchus
  • Lungs
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What occurs at the nose in relation to gas exchange?

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Air enters the body via the nose where cilia and mucus trap particles and warm and moisten the air

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What happens to air after entering the nose?

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From the nose, air moves down into the pharynx or throat, which is shared with the digestive system

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What does the epiglottis do?

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The small flap of tissue folds over the trachea and prevents food from entering it when you swallow

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What is the trachea made up of?

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Stiff rings of cartilage that support and protect it

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Where does air pass through after the pharynx?

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What does the larynx contain?
Vocal chords which vibrate to produce sound
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What is the soft spongy texture of the lungs due to?
The many thousands of tiny hollow sacs that compose them
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What happens to air after it passes through the trachea?
It moves into the right and left bronchi which lead inside the lungs
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Where does air from the trachea flow to?
Into the left and right bronchi which lead inside the lungs
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What are the two components of the respiratory system?
- Upper respiratory system | - Lower respiratory system
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What is the upper respiratory system composed of?
- Mouth - Nasal cavity - Pharynx - Larynx
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What is the lower respiratory system composed of?
- Trachea - Bronchi - Lungs
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What is the lower respiratory system enclosed in?
-The thorax, bounded by the ribs, spine and diaphragm
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Where are aspirated foreign bodies commonly lodged?
The right bronchi
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How is the patency of the airway maintained?
By the C shaped rings of cartilage
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What is the point of gas exchange?
Alveoli
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How is patency maintained in the bronchioles where there is no cartilage rings?
By physical forces in thorax
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How can airway diameter and resistance to airflow be altered?
By activity of bronchial smooth muscle
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What does contraction of bronchial smooth muscle result in?
Decrease in diameter = increase in resistance
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What does relaxation of bronchial smooth muscle result in?
Increases diameter = Decrease in resistance
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Where does most resistance to air flow occur?
Trachea and bronchi
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What makes up the respiratory zone?
Bronchioles and Alveoli
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What makes up the contraction zone?
Trachea and bronchi
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What is each cluster of alveoli surrounded by?
Elastic fibres and a network of capillaries
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What are alveoli composed of?
- Type I cells for gas exchange | - Type II cells that synthesise surfactant
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What do alveolar macrophages do?
Ingest foreign material that reach the alveoli
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Why does gas exchange only occur at the alveoli?
- They have very thin walls | - The walls of the upper airways are too thick
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What is air in the airways known as and why?
- Anatomical dead space | - It cannot participate in gas exchange
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What feature of the alveoli enhances gas exchange?
Their huge surface area
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What lines the respiratory tract?
- Epithelium (pseudo-stratified, ciliated, columnar) - Glands - Lymph nodes - Blood vessels - Ciliated - Mucous
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Describe the progression from nose to alveoli.
- Epithelium becomes more squamous - Cilia lost - Mucous cells lost ( before cilia)
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What does the mucous do?
- Moistens air - Traps particles - Provides large surface area for cilia to act on
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Where do alveoli macrophages escape to?
Pharynx and lymph nodes
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Describe Type I pneumocytes.
- 97% alveolar surface - Simple squamous epithelium - Gas exchange
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Describe type II pneumocytes.
- Produce surfactant - Phospholipids and protein - Reduces surface tension at alveolar surface - Reduces work of breathing