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Lecture 15: The Lower Respiratory Tract Flashcards

1
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What are the components of the LRT?

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  • Larynx
  • Trachea
  • Bronchi
  • Bronchioles
  • Alveoli
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Where does the LRT want to conduct air form/to?

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The site of gas exchange

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3
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What does the lower respiratory tract do to inspired air?

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Completes cleaning, warming and humidifying of air

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What does the LRT provide in terms of a site for gas exchange?
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  • Provides a barrier between the air and blood

- Large surface area for gas exchange

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5
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The larynx is a passage for what?

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Air only

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Where is the larynx?

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Anterior to the oesophagus from the hyoid bone to trachea

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7
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What cartilage protects and maintains an open airway?

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  • Cricoid cartilage

- Tracheal cartilage

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8
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What does the Epiglottis do?

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Closes over the airway when swallowing

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9
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What is the Glottis?

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Voicebox

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10
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What happens at the vocal folds/cords?

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Passing air causes vibrations therefore sound waves

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11
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What are the vocal folds/cords used for?

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Normal phonation

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12
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What does testosterone do to the vocal cords?

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Affects cartilage and muscle resulting in longer and thicker folds therefore a deeper voice

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13
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What are the vocal folds/vocal cords also known as?

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True vocal cords

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14
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What are the Vestibular folds also know as?

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False vocal cords

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15
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Where are the vestibular folds?

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Superior to the vocal folds

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What is the role of the Vestibular fold?

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Prevent foreign objects entering into the glottis

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What can the Vestibular fold produce?

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Very deep sounds

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18
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Where is the Trachea?

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Anterior to the oesophagus between the larynx and the bronchi

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19
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What is the function of the trachea?

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Maintain a patent airway

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20
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What is the trachea made of?

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c-shaped cartilage rings where the ends are connected by a band of smooth muscle

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What is the name of the smooth muscle that connects the C-shaped cartilage of the trachea?

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Trachealis

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22
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What causes coughing?

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Contracting of trachealis

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23
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What is the lamina propia/submucosa layers of the trachea made of?

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Many elastin fibres

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24
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What is the trachea lined with?

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Respiratory epithelium

25
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What happens to debris in the trachea?

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It is removed by the Mucociliary escalator to the pharynx, to be swallowed and digested

26
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How does the mucociliary escalator work?

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Mucus from goblet cells and mucous glands trap debris and cilia move it to the pharynx

27
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How many lobes are in the right lung?

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3 lobes

28
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How many lobes are in the left lung?

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2 lobes

29
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What is the hilum?

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Where bronchi & blood vessels enter the lungs

30
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Where is the apex of the lung?

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The superior region of the lungs

31
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Where is the base of the lung?

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The inferior region of the lungs

32
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What is at the start of the bronchial tree?

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The trachea

33
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What branches off the trachea in the bronchial tree?

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Primary bronchi

34
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What branches off the primary bronchi in the bronchial tree?

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Secondary (lobar) bronchi

35
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What branches off the secondary (lobar) bronchi in the bronchial tree?

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Tertiary (segmental) bronchi

36
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What branches off the tertiary bronchi in the bronchial tree?

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Bronchioles

37
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What branches off the Bronchioles in the bronchial tree?

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Terminal bronchioles

38
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What is the Trachea lined with and made from?

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  • Respiratory epithelium

- C-shaped cartilage rings

39
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What is the primary bronchi lined with and made from?

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Lined with respiratory epithelium and made from cartilage and complete smooth muscle rings

40
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What is the secondary and tertiary bronchi lined with and made from?

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Lined with respiratory epithelium made from cartilage plates

41
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What happens to the respiratory epithelium in the secondary and tertiary bronchi?

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Starts to decrease in height and goblet cell numbers reduce

42
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What are the Bronchioles lined with and made from?

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Lined with cuboidal epithelium and made from thick smooth muscle

43
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What causes bronchoconstriction/dilation?

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Smooth muscle in the bronchioles

44
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What do terminal bronchioles supply?

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Each pulmonary lobule

45
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What are Pulmonary lobules made of?

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Many alveoli (air sacs) arranged like bunches of grapes

46
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Roughly how many Alveoli are there per lung?

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150 million

47
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What do the Alveoli provide to the respiratory zone?

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Most of the lung volume and an enormous surface area

48
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Alveolar walls are very thin and made of what?

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Simple squamous epithelium on a thin basement membrane

49
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What are the external surfaces of alveoli covered with?

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A fine network of pulmonary capillaries

50
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What are Pneumocytes?

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Lung epithelial cells

51
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What kind of cells are type 1 Pneumocytes?

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Squamous

52
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What kind of cells are type 2 Pneumocytes?

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Cuboidal

53
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What do type 1 pneumocytes form?

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The respiratory membrane/blood-air barrier with capillary wall and shared basement membrane

54
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Where are type 2 pneumocytes?

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Scattered amongst type 1 pneumocytes

55
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What do type 2 pneumocytes secrete?

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Surfactant, a complex lipoprotein

56
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What does Lipoprotein do?

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Reduces the surface tension of alveolar fluid

57
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What do roaming macrophage do?

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Remove debris that makes it to alveoli

58
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What 3 parts make the blood air barrier?

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  • Alveolar cell layer
  • Fused basement membrane of alveolar epithelium and capillary endothelium
  • Capillary endothelium

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