Lungs Flashcards
Exchange of gases between air and blood
Lungs
Defecting development of both lungs that is caused by abnormalities that compress the lung or impede normal lung expansion in utero
Pulmonary hyperplasia
Arise from abnormal detachments of primitive foregut
Often located in the hilum or middle mediastinum
Bronchogenic, esophageal or enteric
Foregut cysts
Refers to a discrete area of lung tissue that
- Lacks any connection to the airway system
Or - Has abnormal blood supply arising from the aorta or its branches
Pulmonary sequestration
Refers either to incomplete expansion of the lung or the collapse of a previous inflated lung
Airless pulmonary parenchyma
Atelectasis
3 types of atelectasis
Resorption atelectasis
Compression atelectasis
Contraction atelectasis
Caused by complete obstruction of an airway
Mediastinum shifts TOWARDS the atelectatic lung
Resorption atelectasis
Results whenever significant volume of fluid accumulate in the pleural cavity
Mediastinum shifts AWAY from theaffected lung
Compression atelectasis
Occurs when there is pulmonary or pleural fibrosis
Prevents full lung expansion
Contraction atelectasis
Due to increased hydrostatic pressure (left sided congestive heart failure)
Engorged alveolar capillaries, alveolar septal edema, and focal idntraalveolar hemorrhage
Hemodynamic pulmonary edema
Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema
What initiates acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome?
Initiated by injury of pneumocytes and pulmonary endothelium
Histologic manifestation of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Diffuse alveolar damage (DAD)
Difference of obstructive and restrictive lung disease
Obstructive - inc resistance to airflow due to AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
Restrictive - reduce expansion of lung , decreased total lung capacity
Anatomic site of
chronic bronchitis
Bronchiectasis
Asthma
Emphysema
Bronchiolitis
Bronchus
Bronchus
Bronchus
Acinus
Bronchiole
% of heavy smokers develop COPD
35-50%
Overlap between asthama and COPD
Obstructive lung disease
Irreversible enlargement of the airspace distal to the terminal bronchiole
Destruction of their walls without obvious fibrosis
Emphysema
4 types of emphysema
Centriacinar emphysema
Panacinar emphysema
Distal acinar emphysema
Irregular emphysema
Central and proximal parts of the acini are affected.
Centriacinar emphysema
In what part of the alveoli is it spared in centriacinar?
Distal alveoli
an emphysema that is More common and usually more severe in the upper lobe
Occurs predominantly in heave smokers
Centriacinar emphysema
Acini are uniformly enlarged from the level of the respiratory bronchiole to the terminal blind alveoli
Panacinar emphysema
An emphysema that occurs commonly in the lower zones and in the anterior margins of the lung
It is associated with a1-antitrypsin deficiency
Panacinar emphysema
Proximal portion of the acinus is normal, adn the distal part is predominantly involved
Underlies many cases of spontaneous pneumothorax in young adults
Distal acinar emphysema
Airspace is irregularly involved
Associated with scarring
Irregular emphysema
Persistent cough with sputum production for at least 3 months in at least 2 consecutive years, in the absence of any other identifiable cause
May accelerate decline in lung function
Chronic bronchitis
Chronic disorder of the conducting airways caused by an immunological reaction
Asthma
Most common tpe of asthma
Atopic asthma
What antibody is mediated in atopic asthma
IgE mediated hypersensitivity
Does not have evidence of allergen sensitization
Non-atopic asthma
anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin triggers asthma by inhibiting COX pathway of arachidonic acid metabolism leading to decreased PGE2
Drug-induced asthma
It is triggered by fumes, organic dusts, gases and chemicals
Occupational asthma
Airway remodelling of asthma
Thickeningof airway wall
Sub basement membrane fibrosis
Increased vascularity
Increase in size and submucosal glands and number of airway goblet cells
Hypertrophy or hyperplasia of the broncihial wall muscle
Disorder in which destruction of SM and elastic tissue leads to permanent dilation of bronchi and bronchioles
Bronchiectasis
A group of disorder characterized predominantly by inflammation and fibrosis of the pulmonary interstitial
Chronic diffuse interstitial disease
Amount of dust retained in lung and airways
Pneumoconioses
Lung disease caused by inhalation of coal particles and other admixed forms of dust
Coal workers pneumoconiosis
Histological features of coal workers penumoconiosis
Coal macules
Carbon laden macrophages
Blackened scars 1cm or larger
Dense collagen and pigment
Caused by inhalation of pro-inflammatory crystalline silicone dioxide (silica)
Silicosis