Ventilatory System Flashcards
Pharynx
Located at the base of the nasal cavity involved in both digestion and respiration. Continues to warm and filter air.
Nose
Allows air to enter the system through low resistant pathway lined with dense blood capillary network and mucous membrane. Air is warmed, filtered and moistened by lining.
Larynx
Voice box, situated at the top of the trachea. Continues to warm and filter air. Contains semi cartilaginous flap called epiglottis which prevents food from entering trachea
Trachea
Single airway extending from the larynx to the diving bronchii. Delivers air from the tube into the lungs
Bronchi
Branches delivering air into each of the lungs
Bronchioles
Consist of smooth muscle with no supporting cartilage. Further divide delivering air into alveolar ducts
Lungs
Double bag wrapped structure responsible for the mechanics of breathing. Change in pressure along with. Diaphragm contracting causes inhaling/exhaling of air in and out of the lungs
Alveoli
Air sacs which receive air from bronchioles through alveolar ducts. Responsible for gaseous exchange which takes place between alveoli and pulmonary capillaries.
Outline the functions of conducting airways
- humidification and temperature regulation (conditioning the air)
- filtration and removal of particles
- antibacterial/immunological defense
- sense of smell
- production of sound/voice
- regulation of blood pH
Pulmonary ventilation
Exchange of air between the atmosphere and the lungs. (Breathing) as air moves into and out of the lungs, it travels from regions of high pressure to regions of low air pressure.
Total lung capacity
The maximum that lungs can be expanded to. Greatest possible inspiration. (Equal to vital capacity + residual volume)
Vital capacity
Maximum amount of air that a person can expel from their lungs after they have been filled to their maximum capacity
Tidal volume
The volume of gas inhaled and exhaled in a single breath during regular breathing
Expiratory Reserve volume
The maximal volume of air that can be expelled from the lungs after normal expiration (reserve air, or supplemental air)
Inspiratory reserve volume
Maximum volume of additional gas that can be inhaled through forcible inspiration following normal inspiration