Respiratory System Flashcards
Regulation of PH
Kidney
Lungs
Act of breathing
Ventilation
Act of exchange of gas
Cellular level
Respiration
What are the 4 parts of Upper Respiratory Tract?
External Nose
Nasal cavity
Pharynx
Larynx
What are the 3 parts of lower respiratory tract?
Trachea
Bronchi
Lungs
2 Fxnal components of Respiratory System?
Conducting and Respiratory Portion
What type of epithelium lines the nasal cavity and respiratory conducting portion?
Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium
5 major cell types of Respiratory EPITHELIUM?
Ciliated columnar
Goblet
Brush
Small granule cells
Basal cells
Major cell of respiratory system?
Ciliated columnar cells
Mucus cell of Respiratory system?
Goblet cells
Sensory of taste cell of respiratory system?
Brush Cell
Cell that detects hypoxia?
Small granule cells/Kulchitsky cells
Cell that is part of diffuse neuroendocrine system?
Small granule cells/Kulchitsky cells
Other terms for small granule cells
Kulchitsky cells
What do you call the stem cell of respiratory system?
Basal cell
3 major cell types of OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM?
Olfactory Neurons
Supporting cells
Basal cells
Other term for basal cells
Sustentacular Cells
Cleans and humidifies the inspired air
Provides conduit thru which air moves to and from the lungs
Conduction portion
Extends from nares to chonae
Nasal cavity
Visible structure that forms a prominent feature of the face
External nose
Partition dividing the nasal cavity into right and left parts
Nasal septum
Composed of 3 bony ridges
Conchae
Located beneath each conchae. They are the canals in conchae.
Meatus
What epithelium lines the Nasopharynx?
Respiratory epithelium
Part of pharynx that includes two auditory tubes from the middle ear
Nasopharynx
Extends from soft palate to epiglottis
Oropharynx
Extends from the tip of epiglottis to the esophagus and passes posterior to this part
Laryngopharynx