Practical Flashcards
Muscular bronchiole key features (3):
- No cartilage
- Surrounded by smooth muscle
- Surrounded by lung tissue
Identify the cell marked by the curved arrow.
Alveolar macrophage (Dust cell)
Identify the cell indicated by the red arrow.
Type I pneumocyte
- involved in gas exchange
- nuclei is flattened
- cytoplasm is very extenuated
- cover about 95% of the alveolar surface
Identify the organ:
- Larynx:
- Vocal fold (VO) (true vocal cord)
- Ventral fold (VE)
Structures composing the mucociliary escalator:
- ciliated cells (cilia)
- goblet cells (mucous)
Arrowhead points to:
blood vessel
Alveolar macrophage (Dust cell) locations:
- CT of alveolar septum
- air space of alveolus
Identify the structure.
- Muscular bronchiole:
- No cartilage
- Surrounded by smooth muscle
- Surrounded by lung tissue
Identify the tissue at the arrow.
Hyaline cartilage: keeps airway passages open
Identify the entire structure.
Insert shows lining of structure.
- Trachea
- C-shaped cartilage ring
- Not surrounded by lung tissue
Identify the cell:
clara cell
- domed shaped cell
Functions of Alveolar macrophage (Dust cell):
- Remove inhaled particulate matter
- Secrete antitrypsin inhibitor
- Neutrophils secrete elastase
Type II pneumocytes cover about __% of alveolar air surface.
5%
Where do clara cells begin to appear?
muscular bronchioles
Type II pneumocytes are progenitor cells for:
- type I pneumocytes.
Identify the entire structure.
- Bronchus (intropulmonary bronchus):
- Pseudostratified epithelium
- Surrounded by lung tissue
- Cartilage plates
Key features of trachea (2):
- C-shaped cartilage ring
- Not surrounded by lung tissue