3B Flashcards
How is the respiratory system divided?
-structurally with lower and upper or functionally with conducting and respiratory zone
What is included in the upper respiratory tract?
nose, nasal cavity, pharynx
- pharynx and above
What is included in the lower respiratory tract?
larynx, trachea, bronchi, alveoli, alveolar ducts
- larynx and below
What does the conducting zone do?
transport air in and out of the lungs and to respiratory zone
What is included in the conducting zone?
nose to terminal bronchioles
What does the respiratory zone do?
helps with gas exchange
What is included in the respiratory zone?
respiratory bronchioles to alveoli
- over 500 million alveoli
What are the steps in respiration?
-pulmonary ventilation
-alveolar gas exchange
- gas transport
- systemic gas exchange
What is pulmonary ventilation
-first step in respiration
-movement of gases between atmosphere and alveoli
What is gas transport?
- third step in respiration
- transport of gases between lungs and systemic cells
What is alveolar gas exchange?
- second step in respiration
- external respiration
-exchange of gases between alveoli and blood
What does the nose do?
first conducting structure for inhaled air
flared part of nostrils (nares)
What does the nasal cavity include?
nasal septum, nasal vestibule, olfactory region, respiratory region
What is the nasal cavity
- internal space from nostrils to choanae (paired openings that lead to pharynx)
What are choanae?
paired openings that lead to pharynx
What does the nasal cavity do?
-conditions the air (warms, humidifies, cleanses)
- traps foreign materials and moves toward the pharynx
What does the nasal septum do and what are the parts?
- divides the nasal cavity into right and left sides
- has superior, middle, inferior nasal conchae
What does the nasal vestibule of the nasal cavity do?
- lined by skin particle trapping hairs
What does the olfactory region of the nasal cavity do?
contains olfactory epithelium
What does the respiratory region of the nasal cavity do?
-has extensive vascular network (i.e. nosebleeds)
- nasolacrimal ducts drain lacrimal secretions from eye surfaces to nasal cavity
What are the parts of the pharynx?
nasopharynx
oropharynx
laryngopharynx
What does the nasopharynx include
-soft palate
- pharyngeal tonsils
- connects to the middle ear via auditory (eustachian) tube
What does the nasopharynx do?
- only an air passage (no food allowed)
- soft palate elevates as we swallow preventing food from going the wrong way
What does the oropharynx include?
palatine and lingual tonsils
What does the oropharynx do?
passageway for air and food
What does the laryngopharynx do?
passageway for food and air
What is the larynx
voice box
What does the larynx include?
laryngeal inlet
epiglottis
vocal chords
vocal folds
vestibular ligaments
vocal ligaments
What does the laryngeal inlet do?
-also called the laryngeal aperture connecting the pharynx and larynx
- allows passageway of air while preventing ingested material from entering the respiratory tract (larynx and trachea)
What does the epiglottis do?
covers superior opening during swallowing
What does the larynx do?
- allows for passageway of air while preventing ingested material from entering the respiratory tract ( larynx and trachea)
- produces sound for speech
How is sound produced?
-extrinsic muscles stabilize the larynx and help it move during swallowing
-intrinsic muscles contraction occurs in voice production and swallowing resulting in the change in dimension of rima glottides (narrows with adduction, widens with abduction)
- vocal ligaments/ cords vibrate during expiration producing sound
What do the vocal folds contain?
vocal ligaments
vestibular ligaments
How do vocal ligaments work?
-covered with mucosa to form vocal folds (true vocal cords)
-vibrate during expiration producing sound
- contains glottis and rima glottidis
What is the glottis made of?
Rimma glottides and vocal folds= glottis
What is the rima glottidis
opening between ligaments
How do the vestibular ligaments work?
-covered with mucosa to form vestibular folds (false vocal cords)
- play no role in sound production
-protects vocal cords
- contains Rimma vestibuli
What is the rimma vestibuli?
opening betweem vestibular folds?
What dimension changes happen during sound production in the rimma glottidis?
- abduction= widening
-adduction= narrowing
What does voice range depend on?
- length and thickness of vocal cords
- males have longer and thicker folds which result in deeper voices
What does pitch depend on?
-determined by tension on focal chords
-increased tension= folds vibrate more= higher pitch
What does loudness depend on?
-the force of air passing across vocal cords, how much air is pushing
- more air= louder sound
What is the trachea?
windpipe
How is the trachea supported?
- supported by cartilage that connects the larynx to the main bronchi of each lung
- c-shaped rings of tracheal cartilage ensures the trachea remains open providing structural support?
What is the trachea made of?
c-shared cartilage rings
more cartilage
carina
trachealis muscle
What is the trachealis muscle?
- posterior of the trachea that runs along the length of the open end of “c”-cartilages allowing for the accommodation of food being swallowed
-has a little bit of give - contracts during coughing
What is the carina?
- inferior end of the trachea (where is splits or bifurcates)
-contains sensory receptors which initiate the cough reflex when irritated
What is the bronchial tree structure?
- begins with main bronchi (r+L) that enter each lung
-lobar bronchi enter each lobe and branch into smaller-diameter bronchi - then goes to bronchiole that lacks cartilage and have proportionally thicker layer of smooth muscle responsible for bronchoconstriction and dilation
What are the bronchioles responsible for?
bronchoconstriction and diation
How many lobes does the right lung have?
3
How many lobes does the left lung have
2
What is the difference between bronchi and bronchioles?
bronchi have cartilage, bronchioles do not