BI-242: Test 2 Flashcards
Describe the process of exchanging gases
Gases in and out between lung and air
Gases exchange between capillaries and lungs
Gases transport in the bloodstream
Gases exchange between capillaries and tissues
Cellular respiration
What is pulmonary ventilation?
Gases in and out between lung and air; movement of air into and out of lungs
Aka breathing
What is external respiration?
Gases exchange between blood and lungs; O2 and CO2 exchange
What is internal respiration?
Gases exchange between capillaries and tissues; O2 and CO2 exchange between systemic blood vessels and tissues
What is cellular respiration?
Making ATP and metabolites
5 processes of respiration
Pulmonary ventilation External respiration Transport Internal respiration Cellular respiration
Organs of the upper respiratory tract
Nose, pharynx, larynx
Organs of the lower respiratory tract
Trachea, Bronchus, bronchiole, respiratory zone
Organs of the lung
Bronchus, bronchiole, alveoli
What is the pharynx?
Passage for both food and air One end: nose, mouth Another end: larynx, esophagus Made of muscle only Not moveable
What is the larynx?
Air only; voice production One end: pharynx Another end: trachea Made of mainly cartilages Is moveable Contains voice box
What is the epiglottis?
Prevents food from entering larynx
Made of elastic cartilage
What is the trachea?
One end: larynx
Another end: 2 bronchi
Made of 20 C shaped hyaline cartilage rings
Has 4 layers: (inside) mucosa, submucosa, hyaline cartilage, adventitia (outside)
What makes up the mucosa layer of the trachea?
Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells on connective tissue
What is the adventitia of the trachea
Outermost layer (serosa)
Bronchus characteristics
One end: trachea
Another end: bronchiole
Right main bronchus is wider, shorter, and more vertical than left bronchus
3 branches: primary, secondary, tertiary
Tertiary bronchus leads to primary bronchiole
Bronchiole characteristics
One end: bronchus
Another end: alveoli
From cartilage to elastic fibers and smooth muscles
From pseudostratified columnar to simple cuboidal epithelium
Cilia decreases to non
What’s the smallest type of bronchioles?
Terminal bronchioles
3 parts of the respiratory zone
Respiratory bronchiole
Alveolar duct
Alveoli
Function of the respiratory zone
Only alveoli like are to exchange gases
Pulmonary arteriole is full of deoxygenated blood; pulmonary venule is full of oxygenated blood
3 layers of the respiratory membrane
Simple squamous epithelium
Fused basement membrane
Continuous capillary endothelium
Blood-air barrier or membrane
Alveolar- capillary barrier or membrane
3 types of cells in the respiratory zone
Type 1 alveolar cells
Type 2 alveolar cells
Macrophages
Describe type 1 alveolar cells
Simple squamous epithelium Most surface area Less number Organelles clustered around the nucleus Large areas of free cytoplasm Unable to replicate Susceptible to toxic insults
Describe type 2 alveolar cells
Secrete surfactant
Most number
Stem calls giving rise to more type 1 cells
Describe macrophages
Least number
Dust cells
List the different types of macrophages and their location
Lung: alveolar macrophage (dust cell) Skin: dendritic cell (Langerhans cells) CNS: microglia Liver: Kuffer cell Bone: osteoclasts
Describes the differences between the two lungs
Left lung smaller than right
Left lung have 2 lobes, while the right one has 3
Left lung has cardiac notch
What’s in the mediastinum surface of the lung
Pulmonary artery and vein; bronchus; nerves; lymphatic vessels
What is bronchopulmonary segments?
Portion of lung supplied by the tertiary bronchus (segmental bronchus)
Anatomical and functional units
Epithelium that makes up trachea, bronchus, bronchiole, and alveoli
Trachea, bronchus: ciliated pseudostratified
Bronchiole: simple cuboidal epithelium
Alveaoli: simple squamous epithelium
What makes up the trachea, bronchus, bronchiole, and alveoli
Trachea: cartilage
Bronchus: less cartilage
Bronchiole: no cartilage, but smooth muscle
Alveoli: no cartilage and no muscle
Pulmonary arteries supply…
Deoxygenated blood to respiratory zone (alveoli)
Pulmonary veins contain…
Oxygenated blood
Bronchial arteries supply…
oxygenated blood to non-respiratory zone (no alveoli)
-arise from thoracic aorta to azygos vein
Characteristics of pulmonary circulation
Low pressure, high volume
What does the parietal pleura line? Visceral pleura?
Parietal: thoracic cavity
Visceral: attaches to the lung
What is the pleural cavity filled with?
Intrapleural fluid
Mechanic of breathing where gases flow into lungs? Out of lungs?
Inspiration and expiration
Muscles involved in breathing
Diaphragm and intercostal muscles (no skeletal muscles within lungs)
What is the force that moves air into the lungs?
Atmospheric pressure
What is intrapulmonary pressure
Pressure inside respiratory tract; can be positive or negative; varies
What is Intrapleural pressure
Pressure inside pleural cavity; varies but is always negative
What is transpulmonary pressure?
Intrapulmonary pressure-intrapleural pressure=4mmHg constant and always positive
All the mechanics of breathing (intrapulmonary/intrapleural/transpulmonary pressure) do what?
Prevent the lung from collapse
What causes pneumothorax (collapsed lung)
If intrapleural pressure is 0 or positive
Instrument for measuring respiratory volumes and capacities
Spirometer
On a spirometer, what means inspire and what means expire?
Curve up-inspire
Curve down-expire
What is tidal volume?
Amount of air inhaled or exhaled with each breath under resting condition
What is inspiratory reserve volume (IRV)
Amount of air that can be forcefully inhaled after normal tidal volume inspiration
What is expiratory reserve volume?
Amount of air that can be forcefully exhaled after normal tidal volume expiration
What is residual volume
Amount of air remaining in the lungs after a forced expiration
What equals inspiratory capacity?
TV+IRV
What is vital capacity?
Max amount of air that can be expired SLOWLY after a max inspiratory effort
VC=TV+IRV+ERV
Difference between forced vital capacity (FVC) and vital capacity (VC)
FVC: has expelled forcefully and rapidly
VC: has expelled slowly
Function of spirometry
Contributes to diagnose pulmonary diseases