Chapter 23 - The Respiratory System Flashcards
What are the 4 Laws of Nature?
- Energy moves high to low.
- Matter moves from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration (diffusion)
- Gases flow from areas of high to areas of low pressure
- Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted or transferred.
What do you breathe?
In oxygen, out CO2
Why do we breath?
To create ATP, energy for everything that we do.
What are the 5 functions of the rspiratory system?
- Provide extensive gas exchange surface area between air and circulating blood
- Moves air to and from exchange surfaces
- Protects respiratory surfaces from outside environment
- produces sound
- participates in olfactory sense (smell)
What are the two systems of the Respiratory System?
Upper - above the larynx
Lower - below the larynx
What is the function of the upper respiratory system?
filter and humidify air, moist surface provides and area for diffusion.
What is the function of the lower respiratory system?
from nasal cavity to terminal bronchioles and aveoli, is lined with respiratory mucosa that helps trap debri
What is respiratory mucosa?
epithelium, underlying
What is the alveoli?
air-filled pockets within the lungs where all gas exchange takes place
Upper R Tract contains what?
Lamina propria contains mucous glands
Lower R Tract contains what?
Lamina propria contains bundles of smooth muscle
What is lamina propria?
layer under stem cells and basal lamina that supports respiratory epithelium
What is the function of Cilia?
sweeps debris trapped in mucus toward the pharynx
What are the components of the Respiratory Defense System?
Filtration mechanisms that remove particles and pathogens. Mucous cells and glands, Cilia, and Alveolar Macrophages.
What is the function of mucous cells and glands?
produce mucus that bathes exposed surfaces, traps microbes and debris, and creates humidity.
What is the Larynx?
cartilaginous structure that surrounds the glottis
What is the glottis?
narrow opening to the trachea
What is the epiglottis?
flap in the glottus that keeps that food from going down the Rs instead of the esophogas
What does the tension in your larynx do?
controlled by muscles and creates the pitch of your voice. The pitch of your voice is controlled by the size of your larynx and how tight it is which is controlled by the size of your body.
The alveoli walls must be very ___ and have a ____ surface area for efficient gas exchange.
thin, large.
What are the extrapulmonary Bronchi?
left and right branches formed outside of the lungs
What is intrapulmonary Bronchi?
Branches in the lungs
List the order of bronchioles.
- Primary
- Secondary
- Tertiary
- Brochopulmonary Segment
- Terminal Bronchioles
- Respiratory Broncioles
- Alveoli
What are bronchioles made of?
smooth muscle
What are the lobes of the lungs?
Right: Superior, Middle, Inferior (wider and shorter bc the liver is pushing it up)
Left: Superior, Inferior (shaped differently because your heart is there - longer bc it’s pushed in)
What occurs in the Respiratory bronchioles?
gas exchange
What is the respiratory membrane?
thin membrane of alveoli where gas exchange takes place
What is the function of Surfactant?
oily secretion that coats alveolar surfaces and reduces surface tension, keeps alveoli from collapsing
What is the function of Surfactant?
oily secretion that coats alveolar surfaces and reduces surface tension, keeps alveoli from collapsing
What is the respiratory membrane composed of?
- Simple Squamous Epithelium
- Endolethial cell lining an adjacent capillary
- Fused basal lamina