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What are the two division of respiratory system? What is the function of each?

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Conducting Portion

  • Responsible for supplying lungs with air

Respiratory Portion

  • Site of gas exhange
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What are components of the conducting portion of the respiratory system?

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  • Nasal cavities/ olfactory areas
  • Nasopharynx
  • Larynx and epiglottis
  • Trachea
  • Bronchi
  • Bronchioles
  • Terminal bonchioles
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What are components of the respiratory portion of the respiratory system?

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  • Respiratory Bronchioles
  • Alveolar ducts and sacs
  • Alveoli
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What are some of the key changes in air passageways from nasal cavity to alveoli?

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  • Decrease in size
  • Increase in number
  • Decrease in thickness and rigidity of wall
  • Change i epithelial lining
  • Decrease of gland number to none
  • Less rigid pathways b/c of bone and cartilage
  • Disappearance of cilia and goblet cells
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What are components of the nasal cavity?

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  • Nostrils (Nares)
    • External surface
  • Vestibule
    • Opening area
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What kind of epithelium makes up the external surface of the nostrils?

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Keratinized stratified squamous epithelium

*Hair can also be found here

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What kind of epithelium makes up the external surface of the vestibule?

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  • Anterior nasal cavity: Non-keratinized squamous epithelium
  • Further back: Respiratory epithelium (pseudostratified ciliated columnar epitelium with goblet cells)
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What are the components of respiratory epithelium?

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  • columnar cell with cilia (300)
  • goblet cell, mucus (glycoproteins)
  • basal (short) cell, generative stem cell
  • endocrine cells, cells of Kulchitsky
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What are the components of the lamina propria?

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  • connective tissue
  • superficial venous plexus, countercurrent flow
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Immotile cell syndrome is also known as _______________.

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Kartagener’s Syndrome

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True or False. Goblet cells are not found in the olfactory area.

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True

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Olfactory epithelium is __________.

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Pseudostratified

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Olfactory receptor proteins are found in ___________.

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Cilia

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In the olfactory area, microvilli are found on the ___________.

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Supporting cells

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What epithelium covers each part of the epiglottis?

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Lingual surface (upper part): stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium

Pharyngeal surface (lower part): pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet cells

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The epiglottis is supported by ___________ cartilage.

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Elastic

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False vocal cords are lined by ____________ epithelium.

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Pseudostratified ciliated columnar

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True vocal cords are lined by ____________ epithelium.

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Non-keratinized stratified squamous

NOTE: This is the ONLY place that you would found this type of epithelium

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How do false vocal cords differ from true vocal cords?

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False vocal cords

  • NO skeletal muscle
  • Mostly fat

True vocal cords

  • ​Skeletal muscle
  • Elastic tissue

*True vocal cords are inferior to true vocal cords

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The C- shaped rings of the trachea are made of ___________ cartilage.

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What result does the release of epinephrine have on the bronchial tree?
Relax smooth muscle and dilate airways
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What is the structure of the bronchus?
Cartilage plates Criss-crossing smooth muscle Longitudinal elastic fibers
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As you go down the bronchial tree, the diameter __________ (decreases/increases) and the wall thickness (decreases/increases).
Decreases; decreases **NOTE:** Cartilage also disappears as you go down the bronchial tree
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BALT= Bronchial Associated Lymphatic tissue
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What happens to the brochioles during an asthma attack or allergic reaction?
Contraction of distal bronchiole smooth muscle. This is a problem because at this level there is no cartilage to hold the bronchioles open. This results in a decrease in air flow
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**True or False.** Clara cells have no cilia.
True
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What is the function of clara cells?
Secrete GAGs that protect bronchilar lining **NOTE:** Clara cells are located in the epithelial lining and are dome- shaped
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In the brochiole tree, smooth muscle fibers are oriented ___________ and elastic fibers are oriented \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
Concentrically; longitudinally
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Type I alveolar cells are known as _________ and type II alveolar cells are known as \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
Pneymocytes; septal cells
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Function of pneumocytes
Site of gas exchange
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Function of septal cells
* Secrete pulmonary surfactant like phospholipids, GAGs, and proteins * Facilitate expansion of alveoli * Prevent collapse of alveoli
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ store surfactant.
Lamellar bodies
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Function of alveolar dust cells
Wandering macrophages remove debris
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What are the four layers of membrane that have to be crossed for gas to pass from alveoli to blood?
* Alveolar epithelial wall of type I cells * Alveolar epithelial basement membrane * Capillary basement membrane * Endothelial cells of capillary
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The _____________ separates adjacent alveoli in lung tissue.
alveolar septum
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Fibrosis
the formation of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue in a reparative or reactive process **NOTE:** This process can be stimulate by macrophages
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What are the different types of disorders that can result from disorders of the respiratory system?
**Inflammation and infection** * Bronchitis, pneumonia, Acute respiratory stress syndrome **Congenital disorders** * Cystic fibrosis, Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome **Degenerative disorders** * Emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder **Cardiovascular disorders** * Pulmonary hypertension **Tumors** * Lung cancer **Immune disorders** * Asthma **Trauma** * Nosebleeds, pneumothorax
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Human alveolar macrophage from a nonsmoker
Human alveolar macrophage fro a cigarette smoker
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Elastase is inhibited by \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
Alpha-1-antitrypsin **NOTE:** Elastase can cause emphysema
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Emphysema
Chronic lung disease caused by **damage to the alveoli.** With emphysema, damage to the alveoli results in **air becoming trapped, causing them to expand and rupture.**
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What is the mechanism of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome?
1. Surfactant coat is not present or produced in low amounts in a premature infant 2. The alveolar surface tension increases 3. Hypoventilation causes low oxygen and retention of CO2. 4. Pulmonary hypoperfusion 5. Endothelial cell damage 6. Fibrin and other proteins form a **hyaline membrane** exudate

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