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Functions of Respiratory System
gas exchange, speech, smell, ph control, BP regulation, pressure gradients for lymph and blood, shitting
angiotensin
helps regulate BP
conducting division
carrying air- nose to bronchles
passages for air flow
(without exchange of
gases)
Respiratory division –
aveoli
gas exchange areas
Lower respiratory tract
Trachea through lungs
more severe
Upper respiratory tract
Nose through larynx
nose function
Warms, humidifies, and cleanses air;
detects odors; resonates voice
nose shaped by
Externally shaped by nasal bones
and alar and lateral cartilages
nasal cavity divided into and separated by
right and left
nasal septum
Nasal septum
– Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone
– Vomer
– Septal cartilage
Anterior opening
– External nares – nostrils
Posterior opening
– Posterior nasal apertures - Choana
into nasopharynx
Vestibule
chamber just inside nostril
nose hairs
– Guard hairs, vibrissae
keep shit out
nasal conchae
superior, middle, inferior
on lat walls
meatuses
superior, middle, inferior
narrow passages
helps warm
respiratory epithelia
Ciliated pseudostratified columnar
epithelium with goblet cells
olfactory
Erectile tissue
nasopharynx
behind choanae/ soft palate to
has:
tonsil, auditory tube
oropharynx
behind soft palate to epiglottis
nasopharynx epithelium
Pseudostratified epithelium with goo
oropharynx
Stratified squamous epithelium
laryngopharynx epithelium
Stratified squamous epithelium
laryngopharynx
From superior tip of epiglottis to
esophagus
larynx
4 cm long
cartilage
Keeps food and drink out of
the airways
epiglottis
elastic cartilage
pulls larynx up while the tongue pushes down while swallowing
vestibular folds
Close during swallowing
larynx helps with
speech/ phonation
bc it as the vocal folds
vocal folds/ chords
– Inferior to vestib folds
– Contain the vocal ligaments
– Produce sound
glottis
– Opening between vocal folds
the further the vocal chords, the - the voice
deeper