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Structure of the Lungs Flashcards

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1
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What structures are apart of the conducting zone?

A

Everything up until bronchi

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2
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What is anatomic dead space?

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Is not involved in gas exchange

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3
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What are the c-shaped rings around the trachea?

A

Hyaline cartilage

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4
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Where does the trachea start and end?

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Start at C6 and ends at T4/5

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5
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What alters the diameter of the trachea?

A

Trachealis muscle

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6
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How many lobes do each lung have?

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Left-2

Right-3

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7
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Which lung is foreign object more likely go to and why?

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Right lung

The left lung branches more horizontally

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8
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What are bronchi supplied with blood by?

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Bronchial arteries

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9
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What do bronchi divide into?

A

Conducting bronchioles

Terminal bronchioles

Respiratory bronchioles

Alveoli

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10
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What is the epithelium of the trachea?

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Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium

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What is the epithelium of the bronchi?

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Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium but is flattened

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12
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What is the epithelium of the bronchioles?

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Ciliated columnar surrounded by smooth muscle

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13
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What is an asthma attack caused by?

A

Contraction of the smooth muscle caused by the release if histamine

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14
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What is the epithelium of the terminal and respiratory bronchioles?

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Non-ciliated cuboidal and goblet cells disappear

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15
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What is the alveoli separated by?

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Alveolar wall

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16
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What are pleura?

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Membranes which cover/line the organs within the cavity as well as the cavity walls

17
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What is the pleural cavity?

A

The space between the layers of pleura

18
Q

Why is important that the pleural cavity creates a negative pressure in the lung?

A

Makes it easier to inflate

19
Q

What is the lingual and where is it?

A

Extension of superior lobe on left long

Providing space for the cardiac notch

20
Q

What is the left lung in comparison to the right?

A

Longer and narrower

21
Q

What is the hilum?

A

Whereby structures enter the lung

22
Q

What structures lie in the hilum?

A

Pulmonary arteries and veins

Main bronchioles

23
Q

What muscles move the ribs?

A

Intercostal muscles

24
Q

What nerve innervates the diaphragm?

A

Phrenic nerve

25
Q

What is a pneumothorax?

A

When air enters the pleural cavity removing the negative pressure of the lung

Called a collapsed lung

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