Al Ghoul Histo Of Respiratory Flashcards
Three functions of the respiratory system
- Gas Exchange- O2/CO2, pH regulation, excreion
- Phonation
- Olfacation
What are the two main divisions of the respiratory system and their functions?
- Airway AKA conducting portion- move air in and out of terminal structures
- Respiratory Portion- gas exchange
What the structures in the conducting portion?
The respiratory Portion?
Conducting- nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles
Respiratory portion- respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs
What makes bronchioles distinct from the other structures in the conducting portion?
It is the only one that lacks cartilage which is the structure that helps keep airways open.
What are the three regions of the nasal cavity, function, and what lines them?
- Vestibule lined with skin
- Respiratory region (AKA Conchae)- lined with respiratory mucous- this warm, filters and moistens the air
- Olfactory region- lined with olfactory mucosa and for a sense of smell
Identify the type of respiratory epithelium?
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium
function of Ciliated cells? Where are they most present?
Ciliated cells move mucous over the epithelium.
Most abundant in the respiratory and become very sparse in the bronchioles
Function of goblet cells? Where are they very abundant?
Goblet cells produce and secrete mucous. Very abundant in the nasal cavity
Function of Brush cells?
Where are they sparse?
Have blunt mircrovilli with afferent nerve fibers for stimulation of the mucosa,
Sparse in trachea and bronchi.
Function of granule cells?
Which way do they secrete?
Enteroendocrine cells- release things into local environment to affect near by area
Secrete across the basal lamina into the CT space and usually affects local area.
Function of the lamina propria in the respiratory region?
It’s a vascular network to warm and moisten inspired air
Cell types in the respiratory region and trachea and bronchi (5)
- Ciliated
- Goblet
- Brush
- Granule
- Basal- stem cells
Identify epithelium of olfactory region
Specialized psuedostratified ciliated columnar
Cell types in the olfactory region
- olfactory receptor cells
- Sustentacular cells (supporting cells)
- Brush
- Basal- stem cells
Structure and functions of Lamina propria of olfactory?
- Olfactory glands- serous secretions that function as solvent to clear mucous of bad smells
- Olfactory nerves
- Vasculature
What does the pharynx connect? And what are its two components?
Connects the nasal/oral cavity to the larynx and esophagus
- Nasopharynx- connects to middle ear via eustacian tubes, pharyngeal tonsils
- Oropharnyx- palatine tonsils (these are the ones we see that we call tonsils)