Ch. 21 Respiratory System Flashcards
What is the Respiratory system broken down into?
Upper and Lower Respiratory Tracts
Upper Respiratory Tract consists of
Nose, Nasal Cavity, Pharynx, Larynx
Lower Respiratory Tract consists of
Left and Right Lungs, thoracic cage, thoracic cavity, diaphragm, trachea, bronchi, bronchiole, alveoli
What are the regional designations used for?
To specify the location of things such as illnesses or diseases
What is the big-picture function of the respiratory system?
Oxygen in, Carbon Dioxide out
What are the parts of the lungs?
Right and left primary bronchus, right and left secondary bronchi, and the right and left tertiary bronchi
What do the primary, secondary, and tertiary bronchi supply?
The primary supplies individual lungs, the secondary supplies the lobes, and the tertiary supplies the segments within the lobes
Our airways get progressively smaller until we get where.
To the alveoli, which are tiny air sacs of the lungs that allow for rapid gaseous exchange.
Why do we want oxygen in these alveoli?
To get oxygen put into the bloodstream
Why is deoxygenated blood dumped into the lungs?
So the lungs can dump out all the carbon dioxide by breathing out.
When do our cells generate carbon dioxide?
After they deliver oxygen to the body
What is potential space?
It is the small, almost nonexsistent space between the alveolar and pulmonary capillary wall.
What makes up the Respiratory membrane and what does it do?
The Alveolar wall, the pulmonary capillary wall, and the potential space make it up and it allows oxygen and CO2 to pass easily and quickly from lungs to blood and blood to lungs
What is Pulmonary Adema?
When water accumulates in the interstitial space which seperates the two walls and widens the membrane. Wider membrane= slower defusion of gasses= impairs gas exchange= short of breath
How does the Respiratory System work?
O2 in from atmosphere to lungs to blood to cells. CO2 out from cells to blood to lungs to atmosphere.
What is Ventilation?
Fancy way to say breathing with two components: Inhalation (Breathing In, O2 in) and Exhalation (Breathing Out, CO2 Out)
Also the exchange of gasses between atmosphere and lungs
Why does our body brings deoxygenated blood into our lungs?
So the red blood cells can drop off CO2 from the deoxygenated blood and pick O2 to bring to the heart.
What is Pulmonary Respiration?
The gas exchange occuring across the respiratory membrane, between the lungs and the blood
What is Tissue Respiration?
The gas exchange occuring betweene the blood and the cells