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L3 Lung structure and airway disease Flashcards

1
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The respiratory system includes: (list)

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  • Lungs
  • Airways
  • Blood vessels
  • Gas exchange
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3 main divisions of the respiratory tract

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  • Conducting airways
  • Resistance airways
  • Respiratory Airways
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Whats part of the conducting airway

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  • Trachea
  • Primary bronchus
  • Secondary bronchus
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Whats part of the resistance airway?

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  • Bronchiole (<=1mm)
  • Terminal Bronchiole
  • Respiratory Bronchiole
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Whats part of the Respiratory airway?

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  • Alveolar duct
  • Alveolar sac
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(cartilage) Bronchus divides to

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Bronchiole (no catilage)

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7
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Bronchus and Bronchiole contain

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  • Glands (mucus)
  • Smooth muscle epithelium
  • Cartilage
  • Connective tissue and elastic fibre
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Alveolar airways contain

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  • Respiratory bronchiole
  • Smooth muscle
  • alveolar duct
  • Alveolar sac
  • Arteriole
  • Alveoli
  • Interalveolar septum
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9
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Route of blood in the alveolar cappillary

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O2 in lumen
↓
Surfactant
↓
Aairway epithelium fused basil lamina vascular epithelium
↓
Capillary
↓
Binds to haemoglobin

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Distance O2 travels in capillary

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0.2-0.6µm

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Pulmonary arteries carry blood where?

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To the lungs

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Pulmonary veins carry blood where?

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From the lungs

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Pulmonary veins carries what?

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Oxygen (O2)

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Pulmonary arteries carry what?

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Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

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Bronchial arteries do what to blood and where

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  1. supply
  2. trachea, bronchi, bronchial branches, esophagus, and visceral pleura
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Bronchial veins do what to blood and where

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  1. Drain from airways
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17
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Bronchial veins carry what in blood

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Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

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18
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Bronchial arteries carry what in blood?

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Oxygen (O2)

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19
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Airway epithelium type

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Pseudostratified columnar

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20
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What does airway epithelium do?

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  • Physical barrier
  • Housekeeping
  • Catabolic and anabolic metabolism
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Airway epithelium

Physical barrier

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  • inhibits penetration of inhaled noxious substances
  • allergens, mast cell-derived mediators, particulate
    matter, irritant molecules
    – prevents access to submucosa
  • nerves, vascular tissue, airway smooth muscle
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Airway epithelium

Housekeeping role

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– cilia beat synchronously, propel mucus towards throat
– mucus and particulate matter continually cleared
– ciliated cells damaged first in asthma

23
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Airway epithelium

Catabolic metabolism

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  • Active
  • via cytochrome P450 system
  • peptide degradation via neutral endopeptidase
  • > neuropeptised are degraded and are proteins with airway activity.
  • – protects sensitive targets - nerves, muscle, glands
24
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Airway epithelium

Anabolic metabolism

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– synthesis of inhibitory mediators – PGE2 (relaxes airway muscle)
– rich source of peptides – endothelin (growth factor)
– produces pro-inflammatory cytokines

25
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Airway nerves
excitatory and inhibitory

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Contraction and relaxation

26
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Airway nerves

Cholinergic

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  • Excitatory
  • Releases ACh
  • Dom neiral pathway
  • Role in regulating airway smooth muscle tone and mucus production
27
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Airway nerves

Noradrenergic

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  • Inhibitory
  • Relaxation
  • Noradrenaline decreases smooth muscle tone
  • no major role in main bronchi
28
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Airway nerves

Inhibitory nonadrenergic noncholinergic (iNANC)

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– release nitric oxide (NO)
– innervates smooth muscle directly
– relaxation

29
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Airway Nerves

Excitatory nonadrenergic noncholinergic (eNANC)

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– release neuropeptides e.g., substance P, neurokinin A – increase airway tone, secretion of mucus and microvascular
leakage
– capsaicin in pepper spray

30
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What is asthma?

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Chronic inflammatory disease of the airways
characterised by bronchial obstruction and airflow limitation.

31
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What characteristic in asthma are reversible

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Bronchial obstruction and airflow limitation.
Either spontaneously or with treatment

32
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Asthma characteristics/symp

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– shortness of breath, wheeze, tight chest, cough
– allergic, occupational, exercise-induced, aspirin
– mild, moderate, severe

33
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Allegeric response in asthma [Early phase]

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  • Decrease in Forced expiratory vol in 1 second (FEV1), peak at 30-40 min, resolves in 2-3 hrs
  • mast cell-derived histamine and leukotrienes (by the decrease if FEV1)
  • Contract
34
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Allegeric response in asthma [Late phase]

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  • release of inflammatory mediators cause submucosal oedema, airway wall swelling, secretion of mucus
  • epithelium remodelling, airway muscle
    hypertrophy/hyperplasia, subepithelial fibrosis
35
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Submucosal oedema

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Leaking of plasma from microvessels of bronchiole circulation that allows airway to swell.

36
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Bronchial Obstruction in Asthma

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– ↑ airway smooth muscle tone
– ↑ secretion of mucus
– shedding of the epithelium and accumulation of debris in airway lumen
– oedema and swelling of the submucosa
– airway smooth muscle hypertrophy (↑ cell size) and hyperplasia ↑ cell number)
– sub-epithelial fibrosis

37
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What are asthmaics hyperrespovsice to

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– methacholine, histamine, cold air
– allergic late phase response, respiratory viruses

38
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Airway resistance

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– resistance to airflow is inversely proportional to the radius of the lumen raised to the fourth power
* R 1/inverse r4

39
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Airway narrowing

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– ↑ airway smooth muscle force and/or mass
– microvascular leakage from post-capillary venules and resultant oedema

40
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Histamine and asthma

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  • Stored in mast cells and basophils
    – released in response to appropriate allergen
    – early phase response
  • Bronchoconstriction, airway wall oedema
    – bronchial obstruction and airflow limitation
41
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  • Histamine (H1) receptor antagonists (antihistamines) asthma
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– seasonal allergies e.g., hay fever
– not useful in asthma

42
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  • Histamine (H4) receptor antagonists in development in asthma
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– asthma, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis

43
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Leukotrienes asthma mediator

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  • Family of lipid mediators derived from arachidonic acid metabolism
  • Released in response to allergen exposure
    – early and late phase response
  • LTB4 family is a chemoattractant for inflammatory cells
  • LTd,e,c4
    • Bronchoconstrictors, mucus secretion↑, incude mediator from inflammatory cells
44
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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  • Progressive degenerative disease causes death
    – debilitating symptoms, shortens lifespan
    – primary causes – tobacco smoking and air pollution
  • most important therapy is smoking cessation
  • indoor air pollution – heating + cooking
  • outdoor air pollution
  • occupational dusts, chemicals, vapours, irritants,
    fumes
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46
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  • COPD =
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chronic bronchitis + emphysema

47
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Combination Bronchodilator –
Treatment of COPD

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Ipratropium bromide (muscarinic antagonist)
+ salbutamol (b2-adrenoceptor agonist)

48
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Triple Combination Therapy –
Treatment of COPD

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Glucocorticoid +
Muscarinic Receptor Antagonist
+ Long Acting b2-Agonist

49
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Chronic Bronchitis Features

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  • Inflammatory disease with irreversible airflow limitation
  • Hypersecretion of bronchial mucus
    – hypertrophy & hyperplasia of bronchial mucus-secreting cells
    – chronic cough, excessive sputum
  • Secondary respiratory infections
    – excessive mucus production
50
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Chronic Bronchitis Treatment

* Selective phosphodiesterase IV inhibitor (roflumilast)

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– improves lung function
– ↓ frequency of exacerbations
– targets underlying inflammation

50
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Chronic Bronchitis Treatment

Drugs provide symptom relief

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  • b2-adrenoceptor agonists
    – muscarinic antagonists
    – glucocorticoids
    – mucokinetic drugs ( mucus viscosity)
    – antibiotics (secondary infections)
51
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Emphysema

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  • Degenerative, peripheral lung disease
  • Involves destruction of alveolar membranes
    – causes severe impairment of:
  • oxygen delivery
  • carbon dioxide clearance
  • Often associated with smoking and chronic bronchitis

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