Chapter 24 - Respiratory System Flashcards
Respiratory system consists of what?
Upper and lower respiratory systems.
What is the upper respiratory system?
Nose, nasal cavity, sinuses, and pharynx.
Functions of the upper respiratory system?
Filter, warm & humidify air and bring it to and from the lower respiratory system.
What is the lower respiratory system?
Larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli.
What are alveoli?
Gas exchange surface.
What are the functions of the respiratory system?
Extensive area for gas exchange, move air to and from exchange surfaces, protect exchange surfaces from damage, produce vocalization, and regulate blood volume, pH, and pressure.
What damages does the respiratory system protect exchange surfaces from?
Dehydration, temperature, and pathogens.
How many functional parameters do respiratory surfaces have?
3
What are the 3 functional parameters of respiratory surfaces?
Increase the surface area of the membrane, decrease thickness of the respiratory membrane, and highly vascularize the respiratory membrane (maximize concentration gradient).
What is the external nose comprised of?
Cartilage, nasal bone, and external nares.
What are the cartilages of the external nose?
Lateral nasal, major alar, and minor alar.
What is another name for external nares?
Nostrils.
What do the external nose enclose?
The nasal vestibule.
Nasal vestibule characteristics?
Protected by hairs, opens into nasal cavity, and divided by nasal septum.
Where does the nasal cavity start and end?
Starts at nasal vestibule and ends at internal nares.
How is the nasal cavity divided into 2?
By the nasal septum.
What comprises the nasal septum?
Ethmoid, vomer, and septal cartilage.
How is the nasal cavity separated from the oral cavity?
By the hard and soft palate?
What makes up the hard palate?
Palatine and maxilla.
What is the nasal cavity lined with?
Mucus membrane.
What is the olfactory region of the nasal cavity?
Superior region and all areas with olfactory receptors.
What areas contain olfactory receptors?
Cribiform plate, superior nasal conchae, and superior septum.
What are nasal conchae?
Projections of bone on each side of nasal cavity.
What are the nasal conchae?
Superior, middle, and inferior.
What make up the conchae?
The ethmoid bone and inferior nasal concha bone.
What are the grooves in between conchae called?
Meatuses.
What are the functions of conchae?
Divide cavity into passages, support mucous membranes, increase surface area, increase turbulence, and filter out airborne particles.
What are sinuses?
Air-filled sacs within cranial bones.
What are the sinuses?
Maxilla, frontal, ethmoid, and sphenoid.
Where do sinuses open?
Into the nasal cavity.
What are sinuses lined with?
Mucous membrane.
What are the functions of sinuses?
Decrease weight of skull, produce mucus, and resonant chambers.
What is another name for the pharynx?
Throat.
Characteristics of the pharynx?
A shared passageway for respiratory and digestive system.
What are the 3 regions of the pharynx?
Nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharynx.
Location of nasopharynx?
Above uvula & posterior to internal nares.
Location of oropharynx?
Portion visible in mirror.
Location of laryngopharynx?
Between hyoid & esophagus.
Functions of the pharynx?
Passage for food, passage for air, and sound production.
What are the layers of the respiratory tree?
Mucosa, submucosa, hyaline cartilage, and trachealis muscle.
Mucosa characteristics?
Goblet cells in pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium.
Submucosa characteristics?
Areolar CT and serous & mucous glands.