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Lecture 12 (Respiratory System) Flashcards

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Inspiration

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Volume of thoracic cavity increases
Decreases internal gas pressure
Diaphragm flattens
Intercostal muscles contract and raise ribs

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Deep inspiration (4)

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Requires:

  1. Scalenes
  2. Sternocleidomastoid
  3. Pectoralis minor
  4. Erector spinae
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Quiet expiration

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Passive
Inspiratory muscles relax
Diaphragm moves superiorly
Volume of thoracic cavity decreases

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Forces expiration

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Active process

Produced by contraction of internal and external oblique and transverse abdominis

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Pleurae

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Double layered sac surrounding each lung
Parietal and visceral
Help divide the thoracic cavity, into ventral mediastinum and two lateral pleural compartments

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Pleural cavity

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Potential space between the visceral and parietal pleurae

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Trachea

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C-shaped cartilage ring keeps airways open

Enters left and right bronchus

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Pneumothorax

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Air in pleural cavity, resulting in lung collapse

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Symptoms of pneumothorax

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Dyspnea, anxiety, tachycardia, pleural pain, asymmetrical chest wall expansion, decreased breath sounds

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Causes of pneumothorax

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Ruptured BLEB (COPD), thoracentesis, trauma, secondary infections

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Treatment of pneumothorax

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Chest tube

Oxygen

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Diagnosis of pneumothorax

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Chest X-ray

ABG’s

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Respiratory organs

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Nose, nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses
Pharynx, larynx, trachea
Bronchi, smaller branches
Lungs, alveoli

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Conducting zone

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Respiratory passageways that convey air

Filter, humidify, and warm incoming air

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Respiratory zone

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Site of gas exchange in the lungs

Includes structure that have alveoli

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Nose/nasal cavity

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Moistens, warms and filters air
Resonating chamber for speech
Skin contains many sebaceous glands
Continues to nasap pharynx

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External nares

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Nostrils

Divided by nasal septum

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Choanae

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Posterior nasal apertures that open into nasopharynx

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Nasopharynx

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Houses olfactory receptors, near roof of nasal cavity
Only an air passage
Closes off when swallowing
Vulva reflects superiorly

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Respiratory mucosa

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Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium
Goblet cells within epithelium
Underlying layer of lamina propria

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Pharynx (3)

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  1. Nasopharynx
  2. Oropharynx
  3. Laryngopharynx
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Oropharynx

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Faces, extends from soft palate to epiglottis

Stratified squamous epithelium

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Fauces

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Archlike entraceway to oropharynx

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Laryngopharynx

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Passageway for both food and air
Stratified squamous epithelium
Continues with esophagus and larynx

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Nasal conchae/turbinates

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Three
Project medially from lateral wall of the nasal cavity
Deflect particulate matter to mucus-coated surfaces
Filter heat and moisten incoming are
Reclaim moisture and heat during exhaling
Swell when sick
Secrete mucous

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Paranasal sinuses

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Air-filled spaces within frontal, maxillary, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones
Makes bones lighter
Adds resonance to voice
Sinuses open into nasal cavity

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Sinusitis

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Infection within paranasal sinuses
Small holes become blocked because of swollen mucus membrane
Becomes pus after long

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Tonsils

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Collections of lymphoid tissue

Contains opening to pharygotympanic tube

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Pharyngeal tonsils

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Adenoids
Located on posterior wall
Destroy entering pathogens

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Tubal tonsils

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Protect pharygotympanic tube from infection

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Tonsils of oropharynx (2)

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  1. Palatine tonsils

2. Lingual tonsils

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Waldeyer’s ring (4)

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  1. Pharyngeal tonsils
  2. Tubal tonsils
  3. Lingual tonsils
  4. Palatine tonsils
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Palatine tonsils

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In the lateral wall of the fauces

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Lingual tonsils

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Cover the posterior surface of the tongue

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Larynx

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Extends from 4-6 cervical vertebrae
Attaches to hyoid bone superiorly
Opens into laryngopharynx
Inferiorly continuous with trachea

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Functions of larynx (3)

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  1. Voice production
  2. Provides an open airway
  3. Acts as a sphincter to trachea
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Laryngeal prominence

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Adam’s apple

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Cartilages of the larynx (9)

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  1. Epiglottic
  2. Thyroid
  3. Cricoid
  4. Arytenoid (paired)
  5. Corniculate (paired)
  6. Cuneiform (paired)
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Thyroid cartilage

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Shield shaped

Forms laryngeal prominence

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Epiglottis

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Tips inferiorly during swallowing

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Vocal ligaments of larynx (2)

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  1. Vocal folds

2. Vestibular folds

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Vocal folds

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True vocal cords

Act in sounds production

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Vestibular folds

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False vocal cords

No role in sound production

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Rima glottides

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Medial opening between vocal folds

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Trachealis

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Located between open ends of C-shaped cartilage rings along length of posterior trachea

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Carina

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Marks where trachea divides into two primary bronchi

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Sternal angle

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Surface marking of carina

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Apex of lung

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Base of lung

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Concave inferior surface

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Hilium

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Indentation on mediastinal surface

Region where blood vessels, bronchi, and nerves enter and exit the lung

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Cardiac notch

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Indentation of left lung from heart

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Left lung

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Superior and inferior lobes divided by oblique fissure

Cardiac notch

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Oblique fissure (left)

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Divided superior and inferior lobes of heart

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Right lung

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Superior, middle and inferior lobes

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Horizontal fissure

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Divided superior and middle lobes of right lung

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Oblique fissure (right)

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Divides middle and inferior lobes of right lung

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Root

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Structures that enter and leave the lung at the hilum

Blood vessels, bronchi, and nerves

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Bronchial tree

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Extensively branching respiratory passageways

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Primary bronchi

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Main bronchi

Largest bronchi

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Right main bronchi

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Wider and shorter than the left

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Secondary bronchi

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Lobar bronchi

Branch into each lung segment

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Bronchioles

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No cartilage
Only smooth muscle
Little bronchi, less than 1mm in diameter

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Terminal bronchioles

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Less than 0.5mm in diameter

Lead to respiratory bronchioles

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Bronchi vs. bronchioles

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Bronchi have cartilage

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Bronchial tree: changes in supportive connective tissue

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C shaped rings replaced by cartilage plates

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Bronchial tree: changes in epithelial tissue

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Initially pseudostratified ciliated columnar, replaced by simple columnar, then simple cuboidal

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Bronchial asthma

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Type of allergic inflammation
Hypersensitivity to irritants in the air or stress
Contraction of bronchiole smooth muscle
Secretion of mucous into airways

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Respiratory bronchioles

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Gas exchange occurs where smooth muscle is absent
Branch from terminal bronchioles
Lead to alveolar ducts, then sacs

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Alveolar ducts

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Grouping of many alveolar sacs

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Alveolar pores

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Within alveolar sacs

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Alveoli

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~400 million
Tremendous surface area for gas exchange
Ringle layer of simple squamous epithelial cells

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Respiratory membrane

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Alveolar and capillary walls plus their basal lamina

Made of type I alveolar cells

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Type II alveolar cells

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Secrete surfactant which reduces surface tension within alveoli

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Alveolar macrophages

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Remove tiniest inhaled particles, migrate into bronchi

Ciliary action takes alveolar macrophages to pharynx

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