Respiratory system Flashcards
Overview respiratory system
Nose → Pharynx → Larynx → Trachea → bronchi(bronchus if refer single) → lobar bronchi → bronchioles→ lungs
Respiratory function
Gas exchange
Respiration
transfer of gases(O2/CO2) across membrane
Conducting part(zone) airways
Nasal cavities → pharynx → Larynx → trachea → bronchi → bronchioles(some)
No gas exchange
Respiratory part(zone) airways
respiratory bronchioles → alveolar ducts and sacs → alveoli
Gas exchange occurs
Upper respiratory tract(anatomical)
Nose → Pharynx → Larynx
Lower respiratory tract(anatomical)
Trachea → bronchi(bronchus if refer single) → lobar bronchi → bronchioles → alveolar ducts and sacs → alveoli
breathing circle
Breathing in → Ventilatory pump(air) → external respiration air- blood → left cardiac pump(blood) → internal respiration blood - tissues → cellular respiration in cells(oxygen drop off) → CO2 in cell → internal respiration blood - tissues → right cardiac pump(blood) → external respiration air- blood → ventilatory pump(air) → breathing out
Prepare the air for gas exchange
- warm → 37 degree Celsius
- clean → filter
- Wet → humidify → 100% saturate water
Wet, warm, sticky
Entering cavern of nasal cavity
Vibrissae(coarse hair- filter) → pseudostratified columnar ciliated epithelium + goblet cells
turbinate
increase surface area of nasal cavity, mixes air(sup, mid, inf)
Nasal septum
in between two side of turbinate
sinus is big hole and connect nasal cavity with small hole
True or false
True
When eating food
food will push soft palate closes nasopharynx
food also will push glottis closed, esophagus forced open
three bronchi good for x-ray, MRI scan study
Main stem bronchi(primary) Lobar bronchi(secondary) Segmental bronchi(third)
Epiglottis feature
Elastic Cartilage
Three features of Terminal bronchioles
Conducting zone
No gas exchange
Terminates at terminal bronchioles
Trachea supported by
incomplete “C-shaped” rings of cartilage
Ciliated epithelium
involved mucociliary escalator → moves mucus(contain dust and other particles) either down or up towards the pharynx → swallowed/ spat out → remove mucus from respiratory system → carrying out filtration
Bronchus(bronchi if refer two or more) VS bronchiole
Bronchiole: control air flow(same as arterioles control blood flow) → club cells(secrete watery(serous) fluid contain antimicrobial enzymes as opposed(against) to mucus)
Bronchus: can not really control air flow → cartilage and smooth muscle layer ineffective relate to the its size of tube(too small relative) → mucus glands → goblet cells
Conducting zone
Trachea(0 generation) → Main stem bronchi(primary, 1 generation) → Lobar bronchi(secondary, 2 generation) → segmental bronchi(third, 3 generation) → smaller bronchi(4-9 generation) → Bronchioles(10-15 generation) → Terminal bronchioles(16-19 generation)
Respiratory zone
Respiratory bronchioles(20-23 generation) → Alveolar ducts(24-27 generation) → Alveolar sacs(28 generation)
Active process for inspiration and expiration
Inspiration → active process for both rest and exercise → external intercostal muscles + diaphragm → expand chest → always contract while inspiring
Expiration → active process only during exercise, passive process during rest
Epithelial lining in bronchiole
Between Bronchus and Bronchiole transition is gradual → when bronchus move to bronchiole → less Pseudostratified columnar ciliated + more columnar ciliated
Bronchiole has epithelial lining is columnar ciliated