Resp Quiz Flashcards
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Rhinitis needs one or more of the following to qualify as such…
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- Sneezing
- Rhinorrhea
- Nasal congestion
- Nasal itching
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Commonly associated symptoms with rhinitis
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- Fatigue
- Headache
- Cognitive impairment
- Sleep disturbance
3
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What are the functions of the lungs?
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- Gas exchange
- Metabolism
- Regulation of blood pH
- Defense against microbes
4
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Oxygen consumed at rest
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250 mL/min
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Carbon dioxide produced at rest
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200 mL/min
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Ventilation at rest
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7,000 mL/min
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Cardiac output at rest
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5,000 mL/min
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Two stages of respiration
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- Gas exchange
2. Cell respiration
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3 processes of respiration
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- Ventilation
- Diffusion
- Perfusion
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What is ventilation?
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Air intake and output
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What is diffusion?
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Gas exchange
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What is perfusion?
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Movement of gas within the blood
13
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What is the conduction zone of the airways?
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Trachea»bronchi»bronchioles»terminal bronchioles
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What is the respiratory zone of the airways?
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Respiratory bronchioles»alveolar ducts»alveolar sacs
15
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Where do you lose cartilage down the respiratory tract?
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Bronchioles
16
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Type II epithelial cells
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Release surfactant
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Type I epithelial cells
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Structure
18
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What is the function of the cartilage in the upper respiratory tract?
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Prevent collapse of smooth muscle in trachea and bronchus
19
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Why is a thin blood-gas interface very important?
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Diffusion
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Why is a large blood-gas interface very important?
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A larger surface area allows for more diffusion
21
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Fick’s law of diffusion
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Vgas = A/T * D * (P1-P2)
22
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Diffusion constant for any given gas is dependent on…
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- Solubility of the gas in the membrane
2. Inverse of the square root of the molecular weight
23
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Body’s supply of oxygen depends on…
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- Concentration of gases in ambient air
2. Partial pressure
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Pb (barometric pressure) @ sea level
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760 mmHg
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Po2 @ sea level
159 mmHg
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Pco2 @ sea level
0.3 mmHg
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Pn2 @ sea level
600 mmHg
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Dalton's law
Pb = Po2 + Pco2 + Pn2
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What happens to the trachea air in relation to partial pressures?
Partial pressure of nitrogen goes down
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What happens to the alveoli in terms of partial pressures?
Carbon dioxide partial pressure goes up
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Partial pressure of H2O @ 37 C
47 mmHg
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Henry's Law
Mass of a gas that dissolves in a fluid at a given temperature varies in direct proportion to pressure of the gas over the liquid
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Two factors that govern the rate of diffusion into a fluid...
1. Pressure gradient between gas above the fluid and gas dissolved in the fluid
2. solubility of gas in the fluid
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Joints of the thorax
1. Costovertebral
2. Costotransverse
3. Sternocostal
4. Costochondral
5. Sternoclavicular
6. Manubriosternal
7. Xiphisternal
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Regions of parietal pleura
1. Cervical
2. Costal
3. Diaphragmatic
4. Mediastinal
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What innervates the visceral pleura and what does this mean?
Viscerosensory innervation; leaves lungs relatively insensitive to painful stimuli (dull, non-localized pain)
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What innervates parietal pleura and what does this mean?
Somatosensory nerves, making the parietal pleura sensitive to pain (sharp and well-localized pain)
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What nerve innervates the pericardium, mediastinal parietal pleura, and diaphragmatic parietal pleura?
Phrenic n.
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What dermatomes do pain inputs from phrenic n. refer to?
C3-5
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What primary muscles are involved during quiet and forceful inspiration and what are their innervations?
- Diaphragm (phrenic n.)
| - External intercostals (intercostal nn.)
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What secondary muscles are involved during forceful inspiration and what are their innervations?
- Scalene mm. (cervical spinal nn.)
- Sternocleidomastoid (CN XI - accessory n.)
- Internal intercostals (intercostal nn.)
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Where does the diaphragm go when it contracts during inspiration?
Down
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Where does the diaphragm go when it relaxes during exhalation?
Up
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Which ribs move along the A-P axis?
2-6
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Which ribs move along the transverse axis?
7-10
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What is expiration mostly due to?
Elastic recoil of the lungs
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Relaxation of the inspiratory muscles ________ the volume of the thoracic cavity
Decreases
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What are the muscles involved during forced expiration?
- Abdominal muscles (rectus abdominus, external and internal obliques, transversus abdominus) - increases intra-abdominal pressure, forcing organs up and thereby forcing the diaphragm up
- internal intercostals
- innermost intercostals
- transversus thoracis
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What innervates the muscles involved during forced expiration?
Intercostal nn. T7-11
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What accessory muscles are involved during expiration and what are their functions?
- Scalenes - elevate 1/2 ribs
- Pec minor and major - elevate ribcage if arms abducted and scapula fixed
- Serratus anterior - elevates lateral ribcage if scapula fixed
- Trapezius, levator scapulae, rhomboids - stabilize the scapula so the other muscles can work on the ribcage
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What diseases are associated with abnormal hypertrophy of accessory muscles of expiration?
COPD, emphysema
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Boyle's Law
If temp is constant, pressure and volume are inversely related
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What is the basis for atelectasis?
If the alveoli collapse, the lung cavity cannot maintain the negative pressure required for normal conditions so air leaves the lung and enters the space between the viscera and the parietal pleura compressing the lung causing it to collapse
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What is the sequence of inspiration?
1. Inspiratory muscles contract
2. Thoracic cavity expands
3. Pleural pressure becomes more negative
4. Transpulmonary pressure increases
5. Lungs inflate
6. Alveolar pressure becomes subatmospheric
7. Air flows into the lungs until alveolar pressure equals atmospheric pressure (@ max volume here)
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Two major determinants of lung compliance
1. Elasticity of lung tissues due to collagen and elastin
| 2. Surface tension
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How are compliance and elastic recoil related?
Inversely
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Compliance can be related to volume and pressure how?
Compliance = change in volume / change in pressure
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How does emphysema alter lung compliance?
- Increased lung volume
- Easy to inflate
- Less elastic recoil
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How does fibrosis or alveolar edema alter lung compliance?
- Decreased lung volume
- Hard to inflate
- More elastic recoil
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Which area of the lung generally has high compliance?
Base of the lung
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Which area of the lung has higher compliance @ residual volume?
Apex of the lung
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Where does surface tension act?
ONLY at the gas-liquid interface
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Law of Laplace
P = 2T / r
| -At higher radii, the alveoli will have lower pressure
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Surfactant
Lipoprotein mix of phospholipids, proteins, and calcium produced by Type II alveolar epithelial cells
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What does surfactant do?
Disrupts and lowers surface tension
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Where is surfactant's greatest effect and why?
Its effect is greater in smaller alveoli because the molecules start to stack in layers; thereby reducing surface tension below that of larger alveoli
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How does surfactant stabilize the alveoli?
It reduces the pressure in smaller alveoli by acting to lower surface tension, thereby lowering pressure
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How does surfactant affect lung compliance?
Increases
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Why is respiratory distress a concern for premature babies?
- Normally surfactant isn't made until the last 2 months in utero
- When premature babies are born, the type II cells aren't mature enough to produce surfactant
- Without surfactant, the alveoli collapse and have to be re-inflated every time the baby inspires which is a huge energy drain
- They're usually put on ventilators to help them breathe
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What could be a reasonable explanation for decreased lung compliance?
- Decreased functional pulmonary surfactant
- Fibrosis of the lungs
- Surgical removal of one lobe
- Pulmonary vascular congestion
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What do the choanae do?
Connet nasal cavities to the nasopharynx
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Where does the auditory tube drain?
Naspharynx
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Where does the sphenoid sinus drain?
Sphenoethmoidal recess
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Where do the posterior ethmoid air cells drain?
Superior meatus
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Where do the anterior and middle ethmoid air cells drain?
Ethmoid bulla>>middle meatus
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Where do frontal and maxillary sinus drain?
Semilunar hiatus>>middle meatus
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Where does the nasolacrimal duct drain?
Inferior meatus
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What is the blood flow through the nose from internal carotid a.?
Opthalmic a.>>anterior and posterior ethmoidal aa.>>anterior and posterior septum or nasal wall, respectively
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What is the blood flow through the nose from external carotid a.?
- Maxillary a.>>sphenopalatine>>posterior septum or nasal wall
- Maxillary a.>>descending palatine>>greater palatine>>incisive >>anterior septum or nasal wall
- branches from facial a.>>anterior septum or nasal wall
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What do vibrissae do?
Trap large particles in the nasal vestibule
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What do conchae do?
Create turbulence
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What does the mucous coating in the respiratory epithelium do?
Catch smaller particles
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What does the lamina propria between respiratory epithelium and bone contain?
Arteries, distended veins (swell bodies), and mucoserous glands
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What do ciliated cells in respiratory epithelium do?
Move mucous
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What do goblet cells in respiratory epithelium do?
Create mucin
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What are basal cells?
Stem cell population
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What are brush cells?
Sensory cells
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What are small granule cells?
Endocrine cells
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What do olfactory ducts and glands in olfactory epithelium do?
Release serous fluid
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What type of epithelium is in the respiratory and olfactory epithelium?
Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium
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Where does the pharynx attach to the skull?
Medial pterygoid plate and pharyngeal tubercle
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What ligament connect the styloid process on the skull to the hyoid bone?
Stylohyoid ligament
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What ligaments connect the cricoid to the thyroid cartilage?
Cricothyroid ligaments
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Function of superior, middle, and inferior pharyngeal constrictors
Constrict pharynx to move bolus of food inferiorly
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Function of stylopharyngeus and salpingopharyngeus
Elevate and shorten pharynx
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Function of muscles of soft palate and uvula, and levator and tensor veli palatini muscles
Separate the nasopharynx and oropharynx
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Function of palatopharyngeus
Depress palate and elevate pharynx
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Function of palatoglossus
Depress palate
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CN IX and X send axons to the pharynx as the __________ __________.
Pharyngeal plexus
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Motor innervation of pharynx
CN X (Vagus n.) is motor to all except stylopharyngeus (CN IX - glossopharyngeal n.)
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Sensory innervation of pharynx
- CN IX is sensory to part of nasopharynx, posterior tongue, and oropharynx
- CN X is sensory to the spiglottic region, laryngopharynx, larynx, trachea, and esophagus
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Function and innervation of cricothyroid muscle
Tense vocal fold to raise pitch; external branch of superior laryngeal n. (branch of vagus)
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Function and innervation of thyroarytenoid muscle
Relax vocal fold to lower pitch; inferior laryngeal n. (branch of vagus)
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Function and innervation of vocalis muscle
Relax vocal fold to lower pitch; inferior laryngeal n.
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Function and innervation of lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
Adduct vocal fold to lower volume; inferior laryngeal n.
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Function and innervation of arytenoids (oblique and transverse)
Adduct vocal fold to lower volume; inferior laryngeal n.
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Function and innervation of posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
Abduct vocal fold to raise volume; inferior laryngeal n.
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Deinnervation of what muscle results in hoarseness?
Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
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Muscles that close the laryngeal opening
- Aryepiglottic muscles - elevate larynx towards epiglottis; innervated by inferior laryngeal
- Oblique arytenoids - elevate larynx towards epiglottis; innervated by inferior laryngeal
- Suprahyoid muscles - elevate hyoid and larynx to close laryngeal opening
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False (vestibular) fold
Mucosal fold that does not move toward midline
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True vocal fold
Mucosal fold over the vocal ligament that adducts and abducts from midline
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Ventricle
Space between false and true vocal folds
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Rima glottidis
Space between left and right vocal folds
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What types of areas can respiratory epithelium be found in?
Parts of the airway that do not regularly experience friction or impact
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Where can stratified squamous epithelium be found?
Lines areas that experience friction
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What does the epiglottis separate?
Oral cavity and laryngopharynx
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What type of epithelium do false folds have?
Respiratory epithelium (do not make contact)
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What type of epithelium do true vocal folds have?
Stratified squamous epithelium over DCT and skeletal muscle (make actual contact)
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Asthma
Excessive constriction of bronchiolar smooth muscle, causing difficult air expiration, mucus accumulation
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Cystic fibrosis
Mutation in ion pump (CFTR) results in deficiency of Cl- ions, and therefore water, to reach the airway; airway and ducts in other organs become blocked by this thickened mucous
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Obstructive lung diseases
Affect the parenchyma (airways involved in gas exchange)
- COPD
- Asthma
- Emphysema
- Bronchitis
- Cystic fibrosis
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Interstitial diseases (restrictive)
Affect the space between parenchymal cells, the interstitium (space between 2 adjacent alveoli's basal laminae)
- asbestosis
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- sarcoidosis
- connective tissue related ILD
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Emphysema
- type of COPD
- smoking leading cause
- damage to alveolar walls results in reduced surface area and reduced gas exchange
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What nerves innervate cervical and costal pleurae?
Intercostal nn.
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Pneumothorax
Air in pleural space
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Pleural effusion
Fluid in pleural space
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Hemothorax
Blood in pleural space
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Hydrothorax
Excess serous fluid
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Chylothorax
Lymph from adbomen in pleural space
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Pyothorax
Pus in pleural space
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What can cause fluid to leak from lymphatics into the pleural space?
Heart failure, pulmonary emboli, tumors, infections
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Where are lymphatics found in visceral pleura?
Deep to mesothelium among DICT
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Inferior borders of lungs
Anterior - 6th costal cartilage
Lateral - 8th rib
Posterior - 10th rib
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Where is the line of pleural reflection?
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Anterior = 8th costal cartilage
Lateral = 10th rib
Posterior = 12th rib
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Where should a thoarcocentesis be performed?
Lateral = 8th-10th rib
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What is the relationship between flow and pressure gradient, radius, and length of tube?
Increase pressure gradient, increase radius, and decreased length all increase flow
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Why is the airway resistance not highest in the smallest regions of the airways?
Turbulence greatly increases airway resistance so larger radii have higher resistance because their turbulence is very high
