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Ch 23 Respiratory Anatomy Flashcards

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Main functions of respiratory system

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  • Air Distributor
  • Gas exchange
  • Filters, warms, and humidifies air
  • Influences speech
  • Allows for sense of smell
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Upper respiratory tract features 4 main

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Head and neck
Paranasal sinuses
Pharynx
Larynx

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Paranasal sinuses features

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  • Frontal sinus
    - Sphenoidal sinus
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Pharynx features

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  • Nasopharynx
    - Oropharynx
    - Laryngopharynx
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Larynx features

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  • Epiglottis
    - Thyroid cartilage
    - Cricoid cartilage
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Lower respiratory tract mains

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Thorax

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thorax features

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  • Trachea
    - Bronchi
    - Lungs
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All incoming air stops where

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alveoli

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2 zones of the functional division

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conducting zone
respiratory zone

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conducting zone function

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  • Passages that serve only for airflow
    • No gas exchange
    • Nostrils to major bronchioles
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respiratory zone function

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  • Alveoli and other minimal gas exchange regions
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main conducting airway for inhaled air…

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the nose

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3 anatomical portions of the nose

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superior half
inferior half
ala nasi

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superior half of nose

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  • Nasal bones maxillae
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inferior half of nose

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  • Lateral and alar cartilages
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  • Ala nasi
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  • Flared portion at lower end of nose
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to coronae

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posterior region, opening to nasopharynx

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vestibule

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  • Beginning of nasal cavity
    - Lined with stratified squamous epithelium
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  • Vibrissae
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  • Stiff hairs, blocking debris
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  • Nasal fossae
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  • Right and left halves of nasal cavity
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  • Nasal septum
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  • Bone and hyaline cartilage
    - Vomer forms inferior region
    - Perpendicular plate of ethmoid forms superior region
    - Septal cartilage forms anterior region
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  • Roof of nasal cavity
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  • Ethmoid bone
    - Sphenoid bones
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  • Floor of nasal cavity has what bones
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  • Hard plate
    - Maxillary bones
    - Palatine bones
    - Seperates nasal cavity from the oral cavity
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  • Nasal conchae
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  • Superior, middle, and inferior nasal conchae
    - Project from lateral walls toward septum
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meatus

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narrow air passage below each concha

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  • Erectile tissue (swell body)
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  • Venous plexus in inferior
    - Swelling every 30 to 60 minutes
    - Restricts airflow in one fosse and directs air through other
    - Recover from drying
    - Air shifts between the right and left nostrils once or twice an hour
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  • Nasal mucosa
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  • Respiratory epithelium
    - Epithelial layer
    - Ciliated pseudo stratified columnar epithelium
    - Goblet cells produce mucus
    - Cilia, propel mucus posterior toward pharynx
    - Mucus swallowed into digestive tract
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  • Olfactory epithelium
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  • Sensory neurons - detects odors
    - Immobile cilia bind odorant molecules
    - Small area of the roof of the nasal cavity, adjacent parts of the septum and superior concha
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the pharynx extends…

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  • Muscular funnel (5 in.) extending from choanae to larynx
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3 regions of pharynx

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nasopharynx
oropharynx
laryngopharynx

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nasopharynx

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  • Above soft plate
    - Receives auditory tubes
    - Contains pharyngeal tonsil
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oropharynx

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  • Between soft palate and epiglottis
    - Opening of oral cavity into oropharynx is the faucet
    - Contains palatine tonsils
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laryngopharynx

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  • Epiglottis to cricoid cartilage
    - Esophagus begins at the point
33
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the larynx function

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  • Cartilaginous chamber ~ 4 cm long
    - Primary functions is to keep food and drink out of airway
    - In animals has evolved the role of phonation - the production of sound
34
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  • Epiglottis
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  • Flap of tissue that guards superior opening of larynx
    - At rest stands almost vertically
    - During swallowing, extrinsic muscles pull larynx upward
    - Tongue pushes epiglottis down to meet it
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name the three solitary and large cartilage (superior to inferior)

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  • Epiglottic cartilage
    - Most superior
    - Thyroid cartilage
    - Laryngeal prominence
    - Cricoid cartilage
    - Ring-like
    - Connects larynx to trachea
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  • Three smaller, paired cartilages
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  • Arytenoid cartilages
    - Posterior to thyroid cartilage
    - Cornciulate cartilages
    - Attached to arytenoid cartilages like a pair of little horns
    - Cuneiform cartilages
    - Support soft tissue between arytenoids and epiglottis
37
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  • Internal structures of larynx
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  • Interior wall has two folds on each side
    - Extends from thyroid cartilage to arytenoid cartilages
38
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  • Superior vestibular folds
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  • Play no role in speech
    - Close larynx during swallowing
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  • Inferior vocal cords
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  • Produce sound when air passes between them
    - Contain vocal ligaments
    - Covered with stratified squamous
40
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  • Functions of nasal cavity
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  • Warms, cleanses, and humidifies inhaled air
    • Detects odors
    • Resonating chamber
41
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  • Trachea location
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  • Anterior to esophagus
    • Formed by 16-0 rings of hyaline cartilage
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what does the hyaline cartilage do

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  • Flexible, allows esophagus to expand
    - Opening in c-rings faces posteriorly
    - Tracheal muscles opens the rings
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what do tracheal muscles do

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  • Contracts or relaxes to adjust airflow
    - Ciliated pseudo stratified columnar epithelium
44
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  • Mucociliary escalator
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  • Mechanism for debris removal
    - Mucus traps inhaled particles
    - Upward beating cilia moves mucus to pharynx to be swallowed
45
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  • Main Bronchi
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  • Right and left main bronchi
    - Trachea forks at level of sternal angle
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carinaa (internal ridge at edge of trachea)

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  • Directs the airflow to the right and left
47
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  • Intubation
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  • Patient on a ventilator, air goes directly into trachea
    - Air must be filtered and humidified
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  • Tracheotomy
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  • Surgical temporary opening in trachea - tube the allows airflow
    - A permanent opening is called a tracheostomy
    - Prevents asphyxiation due to upper airway obstruction
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base of lungs

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broad concave portion resting on diaphragm

50
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apex of lungs

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tip the projects above clavicle

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costal surface of lungs

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pressed against the ribcage

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mediastinal surface of lungs

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faces medially toward the heart

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hilum of lungs

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  • slit for entering main broncos, blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves
    - Structures near hilum constitute root of lung
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Right lung

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  • Shorter than left because liver rises higher on the right
    - Three lobes, separated by horizontal and oblique fissures
    - Superior
    - Middle
    - Inferior
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  • Left lung
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  • Tall and narrow
    - Has indentation-cardiacimpression
    - The heart occupies more space on mediastinum
    - Has two lobes separated by single oblique fissure
    - Superior
    - Fissure
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  • Bronchial Tree
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  • Branching system of air tubes in each lung
    - From main bronchus to 65,000 ternimal bronchioles
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  • Main (primary) bronchi
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  • Arise from fork of trachea
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  • Right main bronchus
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  • Wider and more vertical than left
    - Left main branches is 5cm long
    - Right main bronchus 2 to 3 cm long
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  • Lobar and segmental bronchi
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  • Supported by crescent shaped cartilage plates
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  • Lobar (secondary) bronchi
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  • Three right lobar (secondary) bronchi: superior, middle, inferior
    - Two left lobar bronchi: superior and inferior
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  • Segmental (tertiary) bronchi
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  • 10 on right, 8 on left
    - Bronchopulmonary segment, functionally independent unit of the lung tissue
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  • Bronchioles
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  • 1 mm or less in diameter
    - Pulmonary lobule: portion of lung ventilated by one bronchiole
    - Divides into 50 to 80 terminal bronchioles
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  • Terminal bronchioles
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  • Final branches of conducting zone
    - Measure .5mm or less in diameter
    - Have no mucous glands or goblet cells
    - Have cilia that move mucus draining into them back by mucociliary escalator
    - Each terminal bronchiole gives off two or more smaller respiratory bronchioles
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  • Respiratory bronchioles
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  • Have alveoli budding from their walls
    - Considered the beginning of the respiratory zone
    - Divide into 2-10 alveolar ducts
    - End in alveolar sacs
    - Atrium: clusters of alveoli around a central spac
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  • Alveoli
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  • There are 150 million alveoli in each lung
    - Each alveolus surrounded by a basket of capillaries
    - Afferent, pulmonary arteriole
    - Efferent, pulmonary venue
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  • Types of cells in alveolus
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squamous alveolar
great alveolar
alveolar macrophages

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  • Squamous alveolar (type 1)
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  • Squamous
    - Thin cells allow rapid gas diffusion between air and blood
    - Cover 95% of alveolus surface area
68
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  • Great alveolar (type 2)
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  • Round to cuboidal cells that cover 5% of alveolar surface
    - Repair the alveolar epithelium when the squamous cells are damaged
    - Secrete pulmonary surfactant
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  • Respiratory membrane
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  • Thin barrier between the alveolar air and blood
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3 layers of respiratory membrane

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  • Squamous alveolar cells
    - Endothelial cells of blood capillary
    - Their shared basement membrane
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3 types of plurae

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visceral
parietal
pleural

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  • Visceral pleura
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  • Serous membrane that covers the lungs
73
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  • Parietal pleura
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  • Adheres to mediastinum, inner surface of the rib cage, and superior surface of the diaphragm
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  • Pleural cavity
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  • Potential space between pleurae
    - Contains a film of slippery pleural fluid

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