Respiratory Flashcards
Upper Respiratory Tract
sphenoidal SinusFrontal SinusNasal CavityPharynx
Lower Respiratory Tract
LarynxTracheaBronchiLungs
Inside Lungs
Bronchiole RespiratoryBronchioleAlveolar ductAlveoli
Olfactory Epithelium
Non-motile cBipolar neuron (one dendrite and one axon)Middle of the epitheliumilia chemoreceptor
Olfactory Epithelium supporting cells
Columnar
Olfactory Epithelium Basal cells
Small and spherical cells Stem cells for both olfactory neurons and supporting cells
Nasal Cavity Respiratory Epithelium
Ciliated columnar cellsNumerousGoblet cellsBasal nucleiBrush cellsChemosensory receptorsSmall granule cellsNeuroendocrine systemBasal cellsMitotically active stem cells that can give rise to the other epithelial cells
Upper Respiratory Tract
Sphenoid SinusFrontal SinusNasal CavityPharynx
Layers of Nasal Cavity
Olfactory EpitheliumLamina PropriaCribriform Plate
Above Nasal Cavity (from olfactory epithelium through Cribriform Plate:
Olfactory Bulb
Parts of Olfactory bulb:
Mitral Cells, Glomeuli
Olfactory epithelium contains:
Bipolar neurons (1 axon, 1 dendrite), non motile cilia chemoreceptors, columnar supporting cells, basal cells
The Nasal Epithelium contains:
Ciliated columnar cellsNumerousGoblet cellsBasal nucleiBrush cellsChemosensory receptorsSmall granule cellsNeuroendocrine systemBasal cellsMitotically active stem cells that can give rise to the other epithelial cells
layers of the trachea
Mucosa(Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium lamina proprea) and Submucosa GlandsMyoepithelial cellElastic fibersLymphoid tissueTrachealis muscle)CartilageAdventitia
Characteristics of Mucosa:
Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium)
submucosa
GlandsMyoepithelial cellElastic fibersLymphoid tissueTrachealis muscle (myoepithelial cells are on the outside of secretory granule cells)
Conducting portion of lung anatomy
primary bronchiole, 2ndary, tertiary, bronchioles, terminal bronchi
respiratory portion of lung anatomy
respiratory bronchioles, alviolar sacs, lobule