Resp Flashcards
State the order of the respiratory tract and its associated epithelia
- Bronchus - Ps C Go
- Lobar bronchi
- Segmental Bronchi
- Subsegmental Bronchi - Ps C Go
- Bronchioles - SC C Cl
- Terminal Bronchioles
- Alveolar ducts - SC C Cl
- Alveoli - Simple Squamous
Ps C Go - Pseudostratified ciliated columnar with goblet cells
SC C Cl - Simple Cuboidal Ciliated with Clara Cells
What are 4 common flora of resp tract?
Viridans streptococci
Neisseria
Anaerobes
Candida Albicans
What are 3 uncommon flora of the resp tract
Strep pneumonia
Strep pyogenes
H influenzae
What would a CXR if sarcoidosis reveal?
Miliary and nodule shadowing and diffuse fibrosis
State the CXR of bronchopneumonia. What are the symptoms of bronchopneumonia?
Patchy consolidation. Not confined to lobes.
Aspiration of gastric contents, cardiac failure, COPD
What antibiotic would you give for:
a) community acquired pneumonia
b) hospital acquired pneumonia
a) penicillin
b) co-amoxiclav
What is saturated vapour pressure
equilibrium between water molecules entering and leaving the water
Define content of a liquid
content = solubility x tension
amount of gas dissolved in a liquid.
which ribs are true ribs? which are false? which are floating?
true = 1-7
flase = 8-12
floating = 11 and 12
describe the features of ribs 1 and 2
rib 1 - 1 articulating head. short and wide. grooves for subclavian arteries
rib 2 - rough area for serratus anterior attachment
state the intercostal muscles and what direction they run
external - inferior and anteriorly
innermost and internal - inferior and posteriorly
Define inspiratory capacity and give avg value
quiet expiration to maximal inspiration
3L
define serial, physiological and distributive dead space
physiological = distributive + serial
serial = airways
distributive = non airways
how does the lung get around laplace’s law?
surface tension rises and surfactant less efficient with bigger alveoli therefore pressure is increased
What is resp distresss syndorme? how would you treat?
not enough surfactant produced in lungs of newborn
steroids
How is compliance measured?
volume change of lungs per unit of pressure change