Overview of the Pulm System/Lung Development Flashcards
Functions of the lung
1) gas exchange= constantly survey in and out environ
1) extraction of O2 from enviro
2) eliminate CO2 from lungs
3) endocrine and immune organ
Proper gas exchange requires which organs
1) lung, chest wall, resp muscles for movement
2) heart and pulm circulation for flow
3) central and peripheral receptors to control and match ventilation/perfusion
problem in obstructive airway disease
1) impede gas flow in and out of alveoli
problem in restrictive disease
alter ventilation-perfusion matching
barrier for gas exchange
problem in pulmonary vascular disease
impair gas transfer
–> right heart failure
Pleural space created by (2)
1) inner lining of chest wall (parietal pleura)
2) outer lining of lung
(visceral pleura
what separates pleura
thin fluid (lubricant)
what happens if air enters pleural space
pneumothorax
what happens if fluid enters pleural space
pleural effusion
where are 5 lobes
2 upper lobe
2 lower lobe
right middle lobe
what supplies lobes
lobar bronchi and pulm arteries
what do pulm veins and lymphatics drain from
drain from the acini
which structures are part of lung’s conducting airways
1) trachea
2) bronchi
3) bronchioles
which structures part of lung’s gas exchange units
1) respiratory bronchioles
2) alveolar ducts
3) alveoli
conducting airway is defined by a series of ___
dichotomously branching tubes
the first 16 of the 23 airways are ___
conducting (conduit for gas transfer to and from respiratory exchange units)
structures that make up airway wall
1) inner mucosal surface (epithelial cells, cilia, goblet)
2) smooth muscle layer
3) outer connective tissue layer
what are structures within inner mucosal surface
1) epithelial cells
2) cilia
3) goblet cells
___ changes as generation increases
morphology of the airway wall
how does airway wall morphology change from bronchi to bronchioles
loss of cartilage in outer tissue layer
what do bronchitis and bronchietasis refer to
diseases of airway with cartilage
what do bronchiolitis refer to
diseases of bronchioles or non-cartilagenous airways
ventilation
air movement in and out of lung
respiration
gas exchange
exchange O2 and CO2 across alveolar capillary movements
conducting airways do not ___
exchange gas
“anatomic deadspace”
what does deadspace refer to?
parts of lungs that don’t exchange gas