Respiratory Flashcards
Four functional events of respiration
Air conduction
Air filtration
Gas exchange
Minor: Speech Smell Endocrine Immune regulation
Conducting portion
Nose Pharynx Larynx Trachea Bronchi
Respiratory
Resp bronchiole
Alveolar duct
Alveolar sac
Alveoli
Bronchial tree
Internal bronchi and the bronchioles
Conditioning occurs in______
and includes the
Conducting portion
Warming, moistening, and removal of particulate matter
Boundaries of the nasal cavity
Communicates with the external environment
A: anterior nares
P: nasopharynx choanae
L: paranasal sinuses and nasolacrimal duct
Nasal chambers are divided into:
Nasal vestibule - lined by skin
Respiratory region - largest, lined bu resp mucosa
Olfactory region - apex or upper one third, lined by spec olfactorymucosa
Lined by strat squam non ker
LP: dense CT with vibrissae
Contains sweat and sebaceous glands
Nasa vestibule
Epith: pseudostrat columnar ciliated w/ goblet cells (pccw/gc)
LP: mixed glands s/m with rich vascular network
Mucosa: Schneiderian membrane
Respiratory Area
Conchae dual role
Increase SA
Turbulence in air flow
Cell types in resp area
Ciliated cells Goblet cells Bruch cells Small granule cells Basal cells
Resemble basal cells but contain Secretory granules. Endocrine cells of the diffused neuroendocrine system (DNES)
Small granule cells (Kulchitsky cells)
E: pseudostrat columnar plain
LP: directly contiguous with the periosteum of the underlying bone
Olfactory region
Olfactory cell types:
Olfactory receptor cells
Supporting or sustentacular cells
Basal cells
Brush cells
Similar to neuroglia providing mech and metabolic support to the olfactory receptor cells
Synthesize and secrete odorant-binding protein
Supporting or sustentacular cells
Bipolar olfactory neurons that span the thickness of the epithelium and enter the CNS
Olfactory receptor cells