Quiz 3 Flashcards
The foregut is which embryologic layer and surrounded by what?
- in the dorsal body wall
- endoderm surrounded by (splanchnic) mesoderm
Respiratory system development
- derived from
- endoderm forms?
- mesoderm forms?
- sprouts from foregut
- endoderm -> inner epithelium and glandular epithelium
- mesoderm -> conn tissue, smooth muscle and cartilage
Esophageal atresia
- definition
- associated with
- can cause
- sxs after birth
def -> blind-ending esophagus
assoc -> esophagotracheal fistula = esophagus connected to trachea
causes polyhydramnios -> too much amniotic fluid
Sxs
- aspiration upon feeding
- frothing at the mouth -> can’t swallow saliva
Pulmonary agenesis
lung buds fail to develop
Pulmonary hypoplasia
deficiency of later branching of lung bud
list 3 late events in lung development
- inc alveolar surface area
- activation of alveolar defense systems
- surfactant production
Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome is often seen in?
premature infants
Hereditary surfactant deficiency
- gene for?
- chronic or acute?
surfactant B protein gene
long term issue
Describe the movement of diaphragm during development
cranially -> inferiorly -> dorsally -> dividing intraembryonic coelom in thoracic duct and abdominal cavities
The gaps b/w pleural cavity and peritoneal cavity are called?
Are filled in by?
- pericardioperitoneal canals
- filled in by pleuroperitoneal membranes
Embryological derivatives
- central tendon
- muscular diaphragm? (innervation)
- outer diaphragm (innervation)
- right and left crura
septum transversum -> central tendon
myoblasts -> migrate from septum transversum to pleuroperitoneal membrane -> muscular diaphragm
-phrenic nerve
body wall mesenchyme -> outer diaphragm
- segmental
- T7-T12 intercostal nerves
gut mesenchyme -> Right and left crura
visceral vs parietal pleura derivation
visceral -> outer layer of bronchial buds
parietal pleura -> inner layer of thoracic wall
what divides thoracic cavity into pericardial, right and left pleural cavities?
fusion of pleuropericardial folds w/ foregut
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is due to
- which side more common?
- complications?
- management?
failure of one of the pericardioperitoneal canals to close
USUALLY LEFT
pulmonary hypoplasia -> life threatening
can get pneumothorax in opposite lung
tx w/ surgery before week 16
Which cells give rise to small cell lung carcinoma
Kulchitsky cells -> neuroendocrine
- secretory granules on basal aspect
- derived from neural crest cells
Cystic fibrosis
- inheritance
- defective channel/gene
AR
defective ATP-gated Cl- channel
- protein stuck in RER
- CFTR gene
dec Cl- secretion -> inc Na+/H2O reabsorption into cells -> thick mucous
Oxymetazoline (Afrin)
- MoA
- indications
- for nasal congestion
- stimulates alpha-1 receptors -> vasoconstriction -> reduced edema
Vocal vs vestibular fold histology
- glands
- epithelium
VESTIBULAR
- has glands
- respiratory epithelium
VOCAL
- no glands!!!
- stratified squamous non-keratinized epithelium
- lacks blood vessels
Epiglottis histology
-epithelim
Anterior and posterior tip -> in contact with food
-stratified squamous epithelium
Posterior
-respiratory epithelium
CC16
- what is it?
- which cells produce it?
- where are these cells found?
- disease implications
CC16 -> clara cell secretory protein
-proteinaceous surfactant called surface-active agent
Made by clara cells which are most abundant in terminal bronchioles
CC16 levels in lung disease
- decreased in bronchiolar lavage
- increased in blood
What forms the air-blood barrier?
Type I pneumocyte, fused basal laminal, endothelial cell
Type II pneumocytes
- morphology
- produce (from which specific part)
- cuboidal
- surfactant produced in lamellar bodies
Emphysema vs pneumonia on histology
Emphysema
-destruction of alveolar walls
Pneumonia
-exudate infiltrate w/ WBCs in alveoli and enlarged capillaries
Positive likelihood ratio
- equation
- significant value
PLR = Sn/(1-Sp) = true positive rate/false positive rate
> 10
Negative likelihood ratio
- equation
- significant value
NLR = false neg rate/TN rate = (1-Sn)/Sp
<0.1
Which lung capacity allows the lung to stay inflated?
FRC
Describe how FRC is affected in restricted vs obstructive lung diseases
RV changes
Obstructive -> inc RV
Restrictive -> dec RV
Minute ventilation vs alveolar vent
Subtract out dead space for alveolar vent
Va = (Vt - Vd) x RR
Given constant rate of CO2 production, what determines PACO2?
ALVEOLAR VENTILATION
PACO2 = (VCO2 x K)/VA
What is located in the pre-Botzinger complex
respiratory pacemaker neurons which generate the respiratory rhythm
Compare dorsal and ventral respiratory groups
Both in medullary respiratory center
- DRG
- dorsomedial part of medulla
- inspiratory neurons - VRG
- ventral part of medulla
- inspiratory AND expiratory neurons
Location and fx of pneumotaxic center
- located in upper pons
- turns OFF inspiration
- limits TV and regulates RR
- normal breathing persists in its absence
- has an inhibitory effect on the apneustic center
Apneustic center
-location and fx
- lower pons
- apneustic breathing -> prolonged inspiratory gasps followed by brief expiratory movements
concurrent removal of input from the vagus nerve and the pneumotaxic center causes this pattern of breathing -> POOR PROGNOSIS
Orthopnea vs. playpnea
orthopnea -> dyspnea lying down
platypnea -> dyspnea relieved when lying down 
Compare central vs peripheral chemoreceptors
CENTRAL
- respond to H+ (from CO2 diffusing into CNS)
- ventral surface of medulla
PERIPHERAL
- carotid body
- respond mainly to O2 (< 60mmHg)
- somewhat to CO2 and H+
- CN IX
- type I cells are the sensors of pO2
note: do NOT respond to dec in O2 bound to Hb; only to changes in O2 TENSION
- anemia
- CO poisoning
Effect of chronic exposure to low pO2 on carotid body
HYPERTROPHY
List 3 effects of acute exposure to high altitude
-effect on the brain?
Acclimatization after several hours - weeks
ACUTE
hypoxemia -> hyperventilation
- hypoxia
- hypocapnia
- respiratory alkalosis -> inhibits central chemoreceptors (low H+) -> cerebral vasoconstriction -> cerebral hypoperfusion -> CNS impairment
-one of the hallmarks of severe altitude sickness is loss of balance and coordination
Mechanism of cerebral vasoconstriction
- direct effect of high pH -> constriction of blood vessels
- low H+ -> more binding of Ca+ to albumin -> hypocalcemia -> cell membrane instability -> vasoconstriction + parasthesia)
ACCLIMATIZATION
- renal comp of resp alk (w/in a day)
- erythropoiesis (3-5 days)
- reduction of bicarb in CSF
- stabilization of CV parameters
Long term high altitude exposure on pulmonary blood flow
-consequences?
Inc pulm resistance -> inc pulm artery pressure -> RVH
-inc in pulmonary resistance due to hypoxia induced vasoconstriction
High altitude pulmonary edema through to be due to
high altitude pulm HTN + idiopathic non-inflammatory inc in permeability of vascular endothelium
-genetic predisposition
Describe the mech by which HIFs work
- degradation
- maintenance
HIFs are constantly being produced but immediately broken down under normal pO2
- Under normal O2 levels
- O2 dependent degradation domain (ODDD) is hydroxylated at the proline (using proline hydroxylase)
- ODDD + VHL polyubiquinate HIFs -> targeted for degradation by proteasomes
-backup mech to block HIF action -> asparagine hydroxylation (using FIH) -> prevent HIF from interacting at its domain
Hypoxemia
- none of the above occur and HIFs can act at their target sites to reverse hypoxic conditions
- PHD and FIH activity will be LOW
Diving physiology
- Pressure inc by 1 atm for how many feet deep
- what effects does this have on gasses and breathing?
- nitrogen
1 atm (760 mmHg) pressure inc for every 33 ft -makes sure to add this to sea level atm = 1 atm
Effects
- partial pressure of each gas inc
- density and viscosity inc as well
- inc pressure -> diminished volume of lungs -> inc resistance of airways -> harder to breathe
Nitrogen
- dissolves mainly in fat tissue -> compression sickness upon rapid ascent
- narcosis -> at depth of > 100 ft
- CNS problems -> euphoria, memory loss, irrational behavior
Heliox
- 21% O2 and 78% He
- causes more laminar flow -> reduced resistance -> easier to breath
- does not dissolve in tissue as much as N2
CNS
-HPNS -> tremor, nausea, vomiting, dizziness
Elastic recoil properties of lung are due to?
elastin and collagen in lung tissue
Compare accessory muscles for inspiration vs expiration
Inspiration
- external intercostals
- SCM
- scalenes
Expiration
- abdominal
- internal intercostal
Transmural pressure in the lung defined as
Difference b/w intralveolar and intrapleural pressures
Define compliance
- measures
- inversely related to
- is the slope of the
- compare compliance at apex vs base
- compare compliance in emphysema vs fibrosis and how this related to functional residual capacity
C = V/P
- P is the TRANSMURAL PRESSURE
- measures the distensibility of the lungs and chest wall
- inversely related to elastance (elastic tissue)
- slope of pressure-volume curve
- apex this is why ventilation is better at the base (slinky analogy)
- Emphysema -> INC compliance -> collapsing tendency of lung is less than expanding tendency of chest wall at FRC -> compensatory inc in FRC to balance forces -> barrel chest
- Fibrosis -> DEC compliance -> collapsing tendency of lung is greater than expanding tendency of chest wall at FRC -> compensatory DECREASE in FRC to balance forces
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
- population
- associated with?
- can cause?
- tx?
- rare
- women of childbearing age
- sporadic or w/ tuberosclerosis complex
- 50% w/ LAM -> pneumothorax
- multiple lung cysts
- tx -> lung transplant
Birt-Hogg Dube syndrome
- mutation
- inheritance
- causes what?
- mutation in folliculin gene (FLCN)
- autosomal dominant
- folliculomas on cheeks, chest and back
- lung cysts and spontaneous pneumothorax
- kidney tumors
Why do COPD patients expire through pursed lips?
COPD -> loss of elastic fibers -> decreased elastic recoil of lung -> intraalveolar pressure can become lower than intrapleural pressure -> negative transmural pressure -> lung collapse
-pursing the lips -> slow expiration -> inc airway pressure to counteract negative transmural pressure -> less resistance to expiration
Compare compliance of lung during expiration vs inspiration
what explains this phenomenon
Remember C=V/P
For a given pressure, lung volume is greater during expiration
- concept of hysteresis
- due to presence of surface forces at the air-liquid interface in the alveolus
Law of LaPlace states that?
P = 2T/R
p = collapsing pressure of alveolus (or pressure required to keep it open)
t = surface tension
Surfactant production
- which cells
- when
- most important component
- which ratio is checked for adequate surfactant production
- effect on compliance
- effect on transudation of fluid into alveoli
- type II cells
- 24-35 gestational week
- dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPCC) -> amphipathic -> hydrophobic components repel each other
- lecithin:sphingomyelin > 2:1
- INCREASES compliance
- PREVENTS transudation of fluid into the alveoli
Tx for neonatal respiratory distress syndrome?
effect on V/Q?
- artificial surfactant
- air enriched in O2
- maternal steroids before birth
-DECREASED V/Q
Where in the respiratory tract is laminar air flow MOST likely to occur? why?
TERMINAL BRONCHIOLES
- low flow of air
- large cross sectional area (parallel arrangement -> dec resistance)
The major site of airway resistance is at the?
MEDIUM-SIZED SEGMENTAL BRONCHI
ANS effect on bronchial smooth muscle
Sympathetic b2 adrenergic agonists -> bronchodilation
PNS -> acetylcholine -> bronchoconstriction