Chapter 22 Flashcards
What is a conducting division
Passages for airflow from nostrils through bronchioles
What is a respiratory division
Alveoli and other gas exchange regions of distal airway
Upper respiratory tract
Nose through larynx organs in the head and neck
Lower respiratory tract
Trachea through the lungs
What is the function of the nose
Warms cleanses humidifies inhaled air
Detects odors
Resonating chamber that amplifies the voice
Nasopharynx
Passes only air
Oropharynx and Laryngopharyx
Passes air food and drink swallowing and speech
Function of Larynx
Keep food and drink out of the airway and sound production
Function of the trachea
Wind pipe contract or relax to adjust airflow
Function of the bronchioles
Continuation of the airways black supportive cartilage ciliated cuboidal epithelium
What is terminal bronchioles
Final branches of the conducting division cilia to control mucus
What is respiratory bronchioles
Beginning of respiratory because alveoli participate in gas exchange
Conducting division pathway of air into the lungs
Pharynx trachea main bronchus lobar bronchus segmental bronchus bronchial terminal bronchioles
Respiratory division pathway of air into the lungs
Respiratory bronchial Alveolar duct atrium
Function of the respiratory membrane
Air blood barriers composed of alveolar our and capillary walls
Alveolar walls
Type one: permits gas exchange by simple diffusion and secrete angiotensin converting enzyme
Type two: alveolar cells secrete sulfactant which prevents alveoli from sticking
Alveoli
Elastic fibers
Allow air pressure throughout the lung to be equalized
House macrophages that keep Alveolar surfaces sterile
Reduction of friction
Plural fluid act as a lubricant that enables the lungs to expand and contract with minimal friction
Creation of pressure gradient
Expands lungs when one inhales
Compartmentalization
Prevents infections of one organ spreading to other organs in the thoracic cavity
Pleurae
Serous membrane on surface of lungs
Pleural fluid
Potential space
Boyles law
Pressure of Gas is proportional to volume at constant temperature