Respiratory Flashcards

1
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Respiratory:

conducting zone

A

Large airway and short airway

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Respiratory:

conducting zone: large airway

A

Nose, pharynx, trachea, and bronchi

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3
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Respiratory:

conducting zone: small airway

A

bronchioles, and terminal bronchioles

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4
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Respiratory:

conducting zone: function

A

warm, humidifies and filters air
but does not participate in gas exchange
(anatomic dead space)

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5
Q

Respiratory:
conducting zone:
extending to end of bronchi

A

Cartilage and goblet cells

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6
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Respiratory:
conducting zone:
extending to end of terminal bronchioles

A

Pseudostratified ciliated columnar cells (beats mucus up)

Smooth muscle of the airway (sparse beyond this point)

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7
Q

Respiratory:

respiratory zone consists of

A

Lung parenchyma: gas exchange via

respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveoli

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8
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Respiratory:
respiratory zone:
respiratory bronchioles consists of

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Mostly cuboidal cells then simple squamous up to alveoli.

No cilia

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