Lecture 1 Flashcards
What is a key organism for homeostasis?
Lungs
What are the two types of respiration?
Cellular and breathing
What are the two aspects of external respiration?
Respiration for life and for speech
Why is coordination of speech important in respiration?
So that food doesn’t enter the trachea when you are breathing - there is a mechanisms that helps with this
What are some organs in the upper respiratory system?
Pharynx, vocal cords, nasal cavity, tongue, larynx and oesophagus
What could happen if the food goes down the wrong tube?
It can cause pneumonia and different types of pathology
Define aspiration
Entry of the food into the lungs
What is the air like in the upper respiratory system?
Warmed, humidified and filtered
When is diffusion of gas more efficient?
As a saturated water phase
What type of air flow is in the nose?
Turbulent air flow and also mucus production
What does mucus do in the nose?
Traps virus particles
What is the main system of airways called
Branching airways
What are the components involved in the branching airways?
Trachea, bronchi, 2nd bronchi, bronchiole and alveoli
What is the diameter of the trachea?
20mm
What is the diameter of the alveoli?
0.3mm
How many divisions are there between the trachea and alveoli?
24 divisions
What is a type of airway epithelial cells?
Pseudo columnar epithelial cells
What are found within the cilia?
Motor units
What do the motor units do?
Repel mucus away from the lungs
What happens when you inhale viruses?
Impacted into mucus and can get destroyed by chemicals produced by the epithelial
On an electromicrograph what are the dots between the cilia?
Viruses
What do globes cells not do in sars Cov2?
They don’t support the growth of a sars cov2
What is the interferon response?
A way of killing the viruses
As you get down the sites of gas exchange what decreases?
Diameter