Lecture 24: Respiratory System Flashcards
Functionally, the structures of the respiratory system can be subdivided into what three categories?
- Conductive system
- Transitional system
- Gas exchange system
The conductive system includes the
- Nasal cavity
- Pharynx
- Larynx
- Trachea
- Bronchi
The transitional system is composed of
Terminal bronchioles
The gas exchange system is composed of
- Respiratory bronchioles
- Alveoli
What system brings air to the respiratory portion?
The conducting system
What does the conducting system do to the incoming air?
Cleanses, moistens, and warms it
What regulates the temperature of the inhaled air?
Blood in the venous plexuses in the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity
What do the hair and secretions in the nasal cavity do?
Trap particulate matter
Transitional system
A transition zone between the conducting and gas exchange areas of the respiratory tree
Terminal bronchioles are lined by
- Club cells
- Non-ciliated secretory cells
- A few ciliated cells
Do healthy bronchioles have goblet cells?
Nope
Alveoli
Thin-walled structures enveloped by a rich network of pulmonary capillaries
Alveoli are lined by
Epithelial type 1 and type 2 pneumonocytes
Non-specific defense mechanisms of the respiratory system
- Mucous trapping
- Mucociliary clearance
- Phagocytosis
- Air turbulence
Specific defense mechanisms of the respiratory system
- Antibody production
- Antibody-mediated phagocytosis
- Cell-mediated immunity
Nasal cavity, pharynx, trachea, and bronchi are mostly lined by what epithelium?
Psuedostratified ciliated columnar with secretory goblet cells and submucosal serous cells
The respiratory portion of the nasal cavity is lined by what epithelium?
Psuedostratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells
The lamina propria of the nasal cavity contains what glands for olfaction?
Bowman’s glands: Tubulo-alveolar glands that are mainly serous, with lesser number of mucous and mixed glands
What supports the lamina propria in the nasal cavity?
Submucosa
Where are olfactory sensory cells located?
The olfactory epithelium in the nasal cavity
Three regions of each half of the bone supported cavity which is divided by the nasal cartilaginous septum
- Vestibular region
- Respiratory region
- Olfactory region
Vestibular region of the nasal cavity
- Initial, external part of the nasal cavity
- Has a cutaneous mucous membrane, haired skin, and glands
The vestibular region of the nasal cavity is lined by what kind of epithelium?
Stratified squamous keratinized epithelium
What is the largest part of the nasal cavity?
The respiratory region
The respiratory region of the nasal cavity is lined by what kind of epithelium?
Psuedostratified columnar ciliated epithelium with goblet cells
Mucociliary apparatus
- Combination of cells in the respiratory region of the nasal cavity
- Responsible for clearance
Conchae turbinates
- Projections from the lateral wall of the respiratory region of the nasal cavity
- Narrow the lumen of the nasal cavity and increase the area of contact of inhaled air with respiratory mucous membrane
- Regulates the quality and quantity of inhaled air
How does the mucociliary apparatus clean the upper respiratory passages?
- Goblet cells produce mucinogen granules
- Movement of cilia removes mucus with trapped inhaled particles
Goblet cell reactions to injury
- Hyperplasia (increased numbers)
- Metaplasia (change from ciliated stratified epithelium to squamous stratified epithelium)
Tips of the cilia of epithelial cells
- Have claws of dynein
- Beat in unison
Immotile cilia syndrome
Dynein claws are missing from cilia
Where is the olfactory region of the nasal cavity located?
The dorsal part
Is olfactory epithelium thicker or thinner that respiratory epithelium
Much thicker
Cells of the olfactory region of the nasal cavity
- Olfactory neurons
- Sustentacular cells
- Basal cells