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Regulation of PH

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Kidney
Lungs

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Act of breathing

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Ventilation

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Act of exchange of gas
Cellular level

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Respiration

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What are the 4 parts of Upper Respiratory Tract?

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External Nose
Nasal cavity
Pharynx
Larynx

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What are the 3 parts of lower respiratory tract?

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Trachea
Bronchi
Lungs

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2 Fxnal components of Respiratory System?

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Conducting and Respiratory Portion

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What type of epithelium lines the nasal cavity and respiratory conducting portion?

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Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium

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5 major cell types of Respiratory EPITHELIUM?

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Ciliated columnar
Goblet
Brush
Small granule cells
Basal cells

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Major cell of respiratory system?

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Ciliated columnar cells

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Mucus cell of Respiratory system?

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Goblet cells

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Sensory of taste cell of respiratory system?

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Brush Cell

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Cell that detects hypoxia?

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Small granule cells/Kulchitsky cells

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Cell that is part of diffuse neuroendocrine system?

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Small granule cells/Kulchitsky cells

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Other terms for small granule cells

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Kulchitsky cells

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What do you call the stem cell of respiratory system?

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Basal cell

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3 major cell types of OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM?

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Olfactory Neurons
Supporting cells
Basal cells

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Other term for basal cells

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Sustentacular Cells

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Cleans and humidifies the inspired air
Provides conduit thru which air moves to and from the lungs

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Conduction portion

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Extends from nares to chonae

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Nasal cavity

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Visible structure that forms a prominent feature of the face

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External nose

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Partition dividing the nasal cavity into right and left parts

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Nasal septum

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Composed of 3 bony ridges

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Conchae

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Located beneath each conchae. They are the canals in conchae.

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Meatus

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What epithelium lines the Nasopharynx?

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Respiratory epithelium

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Part of pharynx that includes two auditory tubes from the middle ear
Nasopharynx
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Extends from soft palate to epiglottis
Oropharynx
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Extends from the tip of epiglottis to the esophagus and passes posterior to this part
Laryngopharynx
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A rigid wall is reinforced by hyaline cartilage and smaller elastic cartilages which are connected by ligaments.
Larynx
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2 ligaments of Larynx
Vestibular folds Vocal folds
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2 ligaments of Larynx
Vestibular folds Vocal folds
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Superior ligament of larynx. It is false because it does not produce sounds.
Vestibular folds
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Superior ligament of larynx. It is false because it does not produce sounds.
Vestibular folds
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Inferior ligament of larynx. It is true because it produce sounds.
Vocal folds
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Inferior ligament of larynx. It is true because it produce sounds.
Vocal folds
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What are the 3 unpaired cartilages of Larynx?
Cricoid C. Thyroid C. Epiglottis
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What are the 3 paired cartilages of larynx?
Corniculate C Cuneiform C Super Arytenoid C
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What are the elastic cartilages of Larynx?
Corniculate C. Cuneiform C. Superior Arytenoid C. Epiglottis
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What are the elastic cartilages of Larynx?
Corniculate C. Cuneiform C. Superior Arytenoid C. Epiglottis
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Type of cartilage of Inferior Arytenoid
Hyaline Cartilage
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Type of cartilage of Inferior Arytenoid
Hyaline Cartilage
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What are the 3 extrinsic muscles of Larynx?
Suprahyoid Infrahyoid Stylopharyngeus
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What are the 7 Intrinsic muscles of larynx?
Cricothyroid Posterior cricoarytenoid Lateral cricoarytenoid Transverse arytenoid Oblique arytenoid Vocalis
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Among the intrinsic muscle of larynx, which is the unpaired cartilage and does not innervated by recurrent laryngeal nerve?
Cricothyroid
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What innervates intrinsic muscle of larynx (except cricothyroid)?
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
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It is a C-shaped cartilage
Trachea
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What type of cartilage does trachea have?
Hyaline Cartilage
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Muscle that relaxes during swallowing and strongly contracts in the cough reflex
Trachealis muscle
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Superior muscles of the larynx
(Dig and Style My Jeans) Digastric Stylohyoid Mylohyoid Geniohyoid
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Inferior muscles of Larynx
T O S S Thyrohyoid Omohyoid Sternohyoid Sternothyroid
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What do you call the respiratory passageway beginning with the trachea
Tracheobronchial Tree
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What are the passageway of Tracheobronchial tree?
Trachea Primary or main bronchi Secondary or lobar bronchi Segmental bronchi Bronchioles Terminal bronchioles Respiratory bronchioles
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Last part of conducting portion
Terminal bronchioles
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Other term for Clara cells
Exocrine bronchiolar cells
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Nonciliated cells that are numerous in the cuboidal epithelium of terminal bronchioles?
Clara Cells
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Location of Clara Cells
(Si Clara ay hinihintay si Mara sa terminal) Terminal Bronchioles
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Surfactant cells of respiratory system
Alveolar cells
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Cells found in the mucin in the fluid layer on the epithelial surface
Goblet cells
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Cells that detoxifies inhaled xenobiotic in respiratory system
Dust cells
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Saclike evaginations from the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveolar sacs.
Alveoli
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Site for gas exchange
Alveoli
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2 types of alveolar cells
Type I pneumocytes Type II pneumocytes
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Type of alveolar cells for gas exchange
Type I pneumocytes
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What is the other term for Type II pneumocytes
Greater alveolar cells
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Type of alveolar cells that has a surfactant
Type II pneumocyte
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Called dust cells are derived from monocytes
Alveolar macrophage
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Principal organs of respiration
Lungs
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Largest organ of the body (volume basis)
Lungs
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A region on the medial surface of the lung where structures, such as bronchi, pulmonary artery and vein, blood vessels, nerves, lymphatic nerves, ENTER or EXIT the lungs.
Hilum
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Part of the inferior portion of the superior lobe of the left lung
Lingula

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