PREFINALS Flashcards
Digestive, Respiratory, Urinary
What is the function of the Respiratory System?
External respiration (lungs)
What is the barrier which separates blood in capillaries from the air in the alveoli?
Blood Air Barrier
The Blood Air Barrier consists of what type of Pneumonocyte?
Type 1
What tissues are part of the basal lamina of the Blood Air Barrier?
What cell is in the Blood Air Barrier?
Capillaries
What are the histologic layers part of the Mucosa of the Respiratory System?
Epithelium
Lamina Propria
Muscularis mucosae
What are the histologic layers part of the Submucosa of the Respiratory System?
Connective tissue
Absent in some segments
Lymphoid tissues
What are the types of muscles part of the Muscularis of the Respiratory System?
Skeletal
Smooth
What type of tissue is in the Adventitia of the Respiratory System?
LCT
The nose divides into which of the following cavities?
Two fossae
What is the cartilaginous wall of the nose called?
Nasal Septum
What is the function of the nose?
Respiration and olfaction
What is the continuous with the pharynx that is bounded by ___________ and _______?
Anterior naris
Posterior naris
What forms the medial wall of the nasal cavity?
Nasal septum
What are the three lateral walls of the nasal cavity?
Superior
Middle
Inferior
The framework of the roof, walls and floor of the nose is formed by what?
Bone
Hyaline cartilage
Externally the nose is covered by ____________?
Skin
Internally the nose is covered by ____________?
Mucous membrane
The _____________ is lined by skin
Vestibule
What are the layers of the mucosa?
Epithelium,
Lamina Propria
Muscularis mucosae
The nasal mucosa is lined by what tissue?
Respiratory Epithelium
At the junction of the vestibule and nasal cavity what is the epithelium?
Non-ciliated cuboidal or columnar