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Respiratory system

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Lungs and airways that link the sites of gaseous exchange with the external environment
2 divisions: Conducting (transport of air) and respiratory (gaseous exchange)

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What structures are within the conducting portion of the respiratory system?

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Nasal cavity
Internal nares/ paranasal sinuses
Nasopharynx
Larynx
Trachea
Bronchus
Bronchioles through terminal bronchiole

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What are the structures within the respiratory portion?

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Respiratory bronchiole
Alveolar duct
Alveolar sac
Alveoli

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What are the functions of the conducting portion?

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Cleaning of air
Humidification of air
Warming/ cooling of air
Olfaction
Phonation (larynx)

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What are the functions of the respiratory portion?

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Gaseous exchange
Surfactant production- lowers surface tension (clara cells, great alveolar cells)

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_______ also excretes volatile gases, alcohol and water

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Lungs

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Structures keeping airways patent (for inhalation and exhalation)

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  1. nasal cavity (bone)
  2. trachea (cartilage rings)
  3. Bronchi (cartilage plaques/ musculoelastic tissue)
  4. Bronchiole (musculoelastic tissue)
  5. Alveolar duct (musculoelastic tissue)
  6. Alveoli (fibroelastic tissue)
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Sagittal section of dog’s nasal cavity

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Vestibular (cutaneous)
Respiratory
Olfactory

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Vestibular (cutaneous part of the nasal cavity)

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Alar cartilage support (hyaline)
Stratified squamous keratinized
Hair follicles, sebaceous glands

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Respiratory part of the nasal cavity

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Pseudostratified columnar with cilia and goblet cells for cleaning air
Sebaceous glands for humidification of air
Venous sinuses for warming/ cooling of air

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Turbinate bone labyrinth

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Where heavy dust particles are retained

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What are the three cells of the olfactory portion of the nasal cavity

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Supporting cells
Bipolar olfactory neurons
Basal cells

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What are the components of the olfactory part of the nasal cavity

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Cilia: non-motile, dendrite of bipolar olfactory neurons
Axons of bipolar neurons: form olfactory nerve
Lamina propria: serous glands (Bowman’s), odor particles dissolved

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What does the olfactory cells give rise to?

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Olfactory hairs: long non-motile cilia where the distal two thirds of the cilia contain 9 peripheral single microtubules

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What do the Bowman’s glands produce?

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Watery secretion where odorous substances are dissolved then detected by olfactory cilia

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Epithelium of the Oropharynx

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Stratified squamous non–keratinized in dogs and cats
Keratinized in ruminants

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Nasopharynx

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Pseudostratified columnar with cilia and goblet cells

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Larynx

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Organ of phonation (vocal cords): Pseudostratified columnar to stratified squamous non-keratinized
Cartilage: hyaline, few elastic

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Epiglottis

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Lingual side: strat. squamous
Pharyngeal side: pseudostrat. columnar in dogs and cats, strat. squamous in ruminants
Elastic cartilage: replaced by fat with age

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Trachea and extrapulmonary bronchi

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Pseudostratified columnar
Lamina propria and submucosa inseparable
Adventitia has C-shaped hyaline cartilage rings whose dorsal ends are covered by trachialis m.

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Components of the Mucociliary apparatus

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Pseudostrat. columnar with:
1. goblet cells: secrete mucous which trap dust particles
2. cilia: sweep trapped particles to pharynx where they’re swallowed

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Immotile cilia syndrome (Kartagener’s syndrome)

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Caused by dynein deficiency
Prone to respiratory infections and are infertile

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Cilia runs ________ in the nasal cavity and _________ in the trachea

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  1. clockwise
  2. anticlockwise
    allows trapped particles and mucus to be pushed toward pharynx and swallowed
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Intrapulmonary bronchial tree

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  1. Primary bronchus: each lung
  2. Secondary bronchus: each lobe of lung
  3. Tertiary bronchus: each segment of lobe
  4. Primary bronchiole: each lobule of segment
  5. Terminal bronchiole: gives rise to 3 respiratory bronchioles
  6. Respiratory bronchiole gives rise to 2-11 alveolar ducts
  7. Alveolar sacs with alveoli
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What happens to bronchus as it goes deeper?
Will decrease in size and have: Smaller lumen and cartilage Shorter epithelium Thicker muscle cells Fewer glands
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How does the bronchiole differ from the bronchus?
No cartilage or glands Thicker smooth muscles
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How is the bronchi different than the trachea?
Cartilage ring replaced by cartilage plates Smooth muscles cells under epithelium Muscularis mucosa present
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What are the 3 layers of the bronchus?
Tunica mucosa T. submucosa T. adventitia
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T. mucosa
Pseudostrat. columnar with goblet and cilia Lamina propria (loose irreg. CT) Muscularis mucosa (smooth muscle cells)
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T. submucosa
Serous glands embedded in loose irreg. CT
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T. adventitia
Contains hyaline cartilage plates
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Bronchioles
1 mm or less diameter Respiratory epith. in larger ones, simple cuboidal epith. with clara cells in smaller
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Terminal bronchioles
Most distal part of the conducting portion Less than 0.5 mm diameter Clara cells, some ciliated cells, no goblet cells
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Smooth muscle contraction
In response to allergy/ anaphylactic shock/ asthma leads to dyspnea
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Smooth muscle dilation
In response to sympathetic stimulation leads to widening of the air ways
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Respiratory bronchioles
Transition from conducting to respiratory portion Sites of gaseous exchange
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Alveolar ducts
Adjacent alveoli separated from one another by intralveolar septum Smooth muscle cells in walls Simple squamous with type I and type II cells
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Alveoli
Thin walls across which oxygen and CO2 can diffuse between the air and blood Separated by intralveolar septa Simple squamous
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Alveoli structure
Type 1 cells: gaseous exchange (95%) Type 2 cells: surfactant production Alveolar macrophages: phagocytosis (heart failure cells)
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When does alveolar macrophages increase?
In patients with congestive heart failure Cytoplasm filled with hemosiderin
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Interalveolar septa
Capillaries CT cells Type 1 collagen and elastic fibers (fibroelastic skeleton)
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Surfactant
Reduces surface tension of the alveolar surface so alveoli can expand easily during inspiration and are prevented from collapsing during expiration
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Respiratory distress syndrome
Life-threatening disorder of immaturely born babies Surfactant deficiency inversely increases with the gestation age lack of Type II cells
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Air-blood barrier
1. Surfactant 2. Type 1 alveolar cells 3. Fused BM of alveolar epith. and endothelium of capillaries 4. endothelial cytoplasm 5. Blood plasma Total thickness: 300 nm
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Blood supply
Functional: pulmonary a. Nutritional: Bronchial a.

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