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Respiratory System Flashcards

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What are the parts of the respiratory portion of the of the respiratory system?

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Respiratory bronchioles
Alveolar ducts
Alveoli

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What are the parts of the conducting systems of the resp. System?

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Nasal cavity
Nasopharynx
Larynx
Trachea
Bronchi
Bronchioles
Terminal bronchioles
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What are the two main functions of the conducting portion of the respiratory system?

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Condition air

Conduct air

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What is the epithelium of the conducting portion?

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Ciliated Pseudostratified columnar epith. W/ goblet cells

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What are brush cells?

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Columnar cells with micro villi + nerve endings for sensory function

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What are basal cells?

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Small cells that do not go up to the surface

Reserve cells that can differentiate into cell types

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what is a small granular cell?

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has dense core granules and is a neuroendocrine

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what is the epithelium of the vestibule of the nose?

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(transitions) nonkeratinized to respiratory epithelium

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what are swell bodies?

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venous plexuses on the mucosa of the conchae in the nasal fossae that swell alternatively to block airflow on that side and prevent drying out

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what is the epithelium of the olfactory mucosa?

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pseudo-stratified columnar epithelium

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what secretes a fluid that covers the olfactory surface?

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Bowman’s glands

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what are olfactory cells

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bipolar neurons that are chemoreceptors

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what does the cartilage of the larynx do?

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helps maintain an open airway

aids in producing sounds

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what is the larger cartilage in the larynx made of?

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hyaline

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what is the smaller cartilage in the larynx made of?

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elastic

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what part of the larynx is lined w/ stratified squamous epithelium instead of respiratory epithelium?

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Lingual + apical epiglottis

True vocal cords

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what is the epithelium of the bronchi?

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respiratory epithelium

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what makes up the wall of the bronchi?

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plates of cartilage
elastic fibers
smooth muscle (beneath epithelium)

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what largely makes up the walls of bronchioles?

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smooth muscle and elastic fibers

scattered goblet cells

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what are the 2 types of epithelium in the bronchioles?

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ciliated pseudostratified columnar

simple ciliated columnar/ cuboidal

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where are Clara cells found?

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in the bronchiolar epithelium

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what do Clara cells do?

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secrete surface acting substances + proteins to prevent oxidative damage

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what are neuroepithelial bodies?

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groups of cells w/ secretory granules that receive nerve endings

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what do neuroepithelial bodies do?

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chemoreceptors that react to gas composition changes

repair/renew epithelial cells after injury

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what is the structural difference between bronchioles and respiratory bronchioles?

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respir. bronchioles walls have saclike alveoli

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what does the epithelium transition to in the respiratory bronchioles?

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nonciliated cuboidal epithelium

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what is an alveolar duct?

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when the wall of the respiratory bronchiole has nothing on it but alveoli

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what is the support for the alveolar duct and the alveoli?

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reticular fibers

elastic fibers

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where does gas exchange happen?

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alveoli

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what is the interalveolar septum?

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a thin septum of 2 epithelial layers between 2 neighboring alveoli

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what 3 things make up the blood-air barrier?

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alveolar lining cell
fused basal lamina
endothelial cell

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what are general characteristics of Type 1 alveolar cells?

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97% of surface area
squamous lining cells
organelles are around the nucleus

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what is special about type 2 alveolar cells?

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lamellar bodies produce surfactant (= foamy cytoplasm)

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