Respiratory Flashcards
Where is the upper respiratory tract located?
Outside the thoracic cavity
Cells of the conducting system?
Pseudo stratified ciliated epi
Goblet cells
Components of the conducting system?
Nasal cavity Paranasal sinus Larynx Trachea Bronchi
Components of the transitional system?
Bronchioles
Bronchiolar cells?
Clara cells
Non-ciliated secretory cells
NO GOBLETS
Components of the exchange system?
Alveolar ducts
Alveoli
Membranous pneumocytes?
Type 1
Granular pneumocytes?
Type 2
Which pneumocytes produce surfactant?
Type 2
Deoxygenated blood supply to the lungs?
Pulmonary arteries
Oxygenated blood to the lung?
Bronchial arteries
Which pneumocytes are more susceptible to injury?
Type 1
Normal flora are restrictedd to what part of the respiratory tract?
Nasal cavity, nasopharynx, larynx, trachea
all of the conducting except for bronchi!
Non-specific defense mechanisms?
Mucous trapping
Mucociliary escalator/clearance
Phagocytosis
Air turbulence
Specific defense mechanisms?
Ab production
Ab phagocytosis
CMI
Cells that remove bacteria from circulation?
Kupffer cells
Splenic MØs
What species does not have PIMs?
Dogs
Etiology of ethmoidal hematoma?
Unknown
Lesion seen in ethmoidal hematoma?
Pedunculated tumor like lesion (looks like a nasty purple ball sack)
Fibrinous rhinitis is caused by?
IBR
Cause of atrophic rhinitis in pigs?
B. bronchiseptica
P. multocida
Cause of inclusion body rhinitis (cytomegalovirus)?
Porcine Herpesvirus 2
Inclusion body rhinitis is fatal in which age group?
Pigs 3-5wks
Cause of granulomatous rhinitis in dogs?
Rhinosporidium seeberi