Sayner- histology of respiratory system Flashcards
conduct air from external environment down to acinar airways; warm, moisten, and cleanse
conducting airways
carry deoxygenated blood to lungs
pulmonary a.
carry mixed oxygenated blood back to heart from lungs
pulmonary veins
circulation in the lungs that is nutritional
bronchial
fluid balance and immune defense (BALT)
lymphatics
filled w/ extracellular matrix and helps support the lung tissue
interstitium
L and R
L: esophagus
R: trachea
C shaped cartilage ring surrounds what
trachea
C shaped cartilage ring
submucosal glands
smooth muscle bridge (posterior)
trachea
what causes cartilage calcification and stiffness of trachea
aging
mucosa
submucosa
cartilage rings
adventitia
trachea
submucosa here contains submucosal glands
trachea
pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium
respiratory mucosa
respiratory mucosa
connective tissue
highly vascularized
lamina propria of respiratory mucosa
respiratory epithelium w/ goblet cells and ciliated cells
stores mucus
goblet cells
helps move mucus up and out
ciliated cells
cilia in cross section (9 + 2); microtubule structures that have motility b/c of dynein motors
Axenome
can paralyze cilia and cause patients to cough to help move mucus out; squamous cell metaplasia
smoking
mutation that disrupts cilia motility (patients cant move mucus out of airways—coughing to help move mucus out )
primary ciliary dyskinesia
trachea
submucosal glands only present where
trachea and primary bronchi
these are seromucous glands that have serous and mucus secretions
submucosal glands