The respiratory system Flashcards
What is external respiration?
gaseous exchange between the air and blood
What is internal or tissue respiration?
gaseous exchange between blood and the tissues
Where does gaseous exchange take place?
the pulmonary membrane within the alveoli
What is gaseous exchange?
Oxygen diffuses from the inspired air into the blood and carbon dioxide diffuses from the blood into the expired air
where does carbon dioxide come from?
formed by the tissues during metabolism
What does the respiratory system consist of?
Nose Pharynx Larynx Trachea Bronchi and bronchioles Alveoli
What does the upper respiratory tract consist of?
Nose
pharynx
Larynx
Trachea
What does the lower respiratory tract consist of?
Bronchi and bronchioles
Alveoli
What is the epidermis at the entrance to the nasal cavity called?
The rhinarium
What tissue is the Rhinarium made of?
A thick layer of stratified squamous epithelium
What are the turbinates or conchae?
scrolls of bone
What is the name of the rostral part of the turbinates that is visible through the nostril?
the alar fold
What is the term for bleeding from the nose?
Epistaxis
What is Epistaxis?
Haemorrhage originating from the nose
What is the term for the sensory nerve endings that are responsible for smell?
The olfactory region
What is the olfactory region?
the mucous epithelium covering the turbinates at the back of the nasal chambers that has a right supply of nerve endings that are responsive to smell
What is the function of the turbinates and their ciliated mucous epithelium covering?
to warm and moisten the incoming air as it passes over them.
What is the function of the cilia on the turbinates?
to help to trap any particles that are present in inspired air and waft them back the the nasal cavity
What is a sinus?
an air filled cavity within a bone
What is the name for the sinuses in the respiratory system?
Paranasal sinuses
Where are the paranasal sinuses situated?
within the facial bones of the skull
Where does the frontal sinus lie?
within the frontal bone
Where does the maxillary sinus lie?
the caudal end of the nasal cavity
What if the maxillary sinus?
not a true sinus but a recess in the nasal cavity
what is the function of the paranasal sinuses?
the lighten the weight of the skull, allowing the areas of the skull used for muscle attachment to be larger.
Total Lung Capacity
The total volume of air in the lungs
Tidal volume
The volume of air breathed in or out in one normal breath
Functional residual volume
The volume of air left in the lungs after one normal breath
Vital capacity
The maximum volume of air that can be forced out of the lungs
Residual volume
The volume of air left in the lungs after forces air expiration
Anatomical dead space
The volume of air which does not reach the alveoli (this is equal to the volume of the trachea, bronchi and bronchioles)