Respiratory System Flashcards
Upper respiratory system
Nose and pharynx (throat)
Lower respiratory system
Larynx(voice box), trachea(windpipe), bronchial tubes, and lungs
External nose
Consists of bone and cartilage covered with skin and lined by mucous membrane
Region just inside nostrils
Nasal vestibule lined with coarse hairs
Floor of the internal nose
Hard palate
Which forms the posterior portion of the roof of the mouth, is an arch-shaped muscular partition between the nasopharynx and oropharynx that is lined by mucous membrane
Soft palate
Two openings in internal nose to pharynx
choanae
Inside of the external and internal nose divided into left and right sides by
nasal septum, formed by vomer
Type of cell lining nasal cavity
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells
Functions of the nose
Warming, filtering, and moistening incoming air
Picking up olfactory stimuli (detecting odors)
Providing a resonating chamber for phonation
Pharynx
Upper airway, 5 inch tube that extends from the choanae down to the junction of the larynx and esophagus
Function of pharynx
Lined with mucous membrane
Serves as passageway for air and food
Functions as resonating chamber
Three divisions of pharynx
Nasopharynx
Oropharynx
Laryngopharyx
Nasopharynx
Behind nose, four openings in wall(two from choanae, two from auditory tubes)
Lined with ciliated pseudostratified columnar epitheium
Oropharynx
Behind mouth, one opening into it, the FAUCES from the mouth, contains palatine and lingual tonsils, functions BOTH as respiratory and digestive pathway
Lined with nonkeratinzed stratified squamous epithelium
Laryngopharyx
Behind larynx, BOTH respiratory and digestive pathway
Lined with nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium
Larynx
Connects pharynx with trachea
Lining of superior larynx to vocal fords
Nonkeratinzed stratified squamous epithelium
Lining of larynx inferior vocal folds
Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium
Thyroid cartilage (Adam’s apple)
Cartilage of larynx, single large triangular piece of cartilage that forms the anterior wall
Epiglottis
Single leaf shaped piece of cartilage that sits on TOP of larynx, during swallowing it closes of rima glottidis(space between the vocal folds)
Cricoid cartilage
In larynx, single inferior piece of cartilage attached to trachea, used as landmark for tracheotomy
Two folds formed by mucous membrane of the larynx
Superior ventricular folds and vocal folds
False vocal dords
Ventricular folds
True vocal cords
Vocal folds
Laryngitis
Inflammation of the larynx
Vocal folds make higher pitched sound when
When pulled taut by various muscles and cartilages
Trachea
Tubular passageway about 5 inches in length and one inch in diameter
Anterior to the esophagus and extends from larynx to T5 where it divides into right and left main bronchi
Lining of trachea
Lined with ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium and wall consists of smooth muscle, elastic connective tissue
How many rings of cartilage in trachea?
16 to 20
Connection by trachea to esophagus along c shaped rings
Trachealis muscle
Carina
Where the trachea divides into left and right main bronchi, internal ridge
One of the most sensitive areas to trigger a cough reflex
Widening and distortion of carina
Indicates carcinoma of the lymph nodes around region where trachea divides
Two methods to reestablish airflow if there is obstruction in trachea
Tracheotomy and endotracheal intubation
Tracheotomy
Longitudinal incision made into trachea below the cricoids cartilage
Divisions of respiratory passages from trachea
Lung (Main bronchus)
Lobes (Lobar bronchus)
Bronchopulmonary segments (Segmental or tertiary bronchi)
Bronchioles
Lobules (Terminal bronchioles)
Alveolar ducts
Alveolar saccules
Pulmonary alveoli (air sacs)
Three MICROscopic respiratory passageways
Alveolar ducts, alveolar saccules, Pulmonary alveoli
The continuous branching from the main bronchi through the terminal bronchioles forms an extensive tree called
Bronchial tree
X ray of bronchial tree
Bronchogram
Serous membrane covering lung
Pleura
Lining of chest wall
Parietal layer
Layer covering the lung
Visceral layer
Space between the parietal layer and visceral layer
Pleural cavity
Inflammation of the pleural
Pleurisy (pleuritis) Rubbing of two layers together
Narrow superior part of lung
Apex
Broad inferior portion of lung
Base
Surface of lung that faces the heart
Mediastinal (medial) surface
On meastinal (medial surface), region through which bronchi, blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves pass through
Hilum
Structures that pass through the hilum and are wrapped in connective tissue
root of the lung
Left lung medial concavity where the heart lies
Cardiac notch
External surface of lung is divided into lobes by
Fissures (slits)
Both lungs are divided by a
Oblique fissure
What lung has an additional horizontal fissure
Right lung
What is each lobe supplied by
lobar bronchus
The lungs contain how many pulmonary alveoli
300 million
70 meters
Walls of pulmonary alveolus contain what three cells
Pneumocyte type I cell
Pneumocyte type II cell
Alveolar macrophage
Pneumocyte type I cell
Simple squamous epithelial cell, make up 95% of pulmonary alveolar wall, main site of gas exchange