15 Flashcards

1
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Cartilage of the larynx

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  • thyroid: pointed after male puberty
  • cricoid cartilage: solid ring of cartilage that wraps around entire tube leading into the trachea from anterior to posterior
  • epiglottis: covers airway when swallowing
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2
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What is the ‘voice box’

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Glottis

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3
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What are attached to the cartilages in the glottis

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Cords

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4
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Image of folds attached to the cartilage

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5
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Vocal folds are called the ______ vocal cords

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Vocal folds are called the true vocal cords

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6
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Passing air through ____ _____ causes ______ = ______ ______

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Passing air causes vibrations = sounds waves

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7
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What kinds of sound production is are the vocal folds used for?

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Normal phonation

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8
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What are the folds of the larynx’s

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Vocal folds
Vestibular folds

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9
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Does testosterone affect cartilage and muscle?

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Yes - results in longer thicker folds = deeper voice

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10
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How does a deeper voice arise?

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  • testosterone affects cartilage and muscle, resulting in longer, thicker folds = deeper voice
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11
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Image of the vocal folds

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12
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Vocal folds open and closed

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13
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Vestibular folds features

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  • ‘false’ vocal cords
  • superior to vocal folds
  • prevent foreign object entry to glottis
  • can produce very deep sounds
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14
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Where are the vestibular folds located

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Superior to vocal folds

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15
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What is the function of the vestibular folds

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  • prevent foreign objects from entry to the glottis
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16
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Which fold can produce very deep sounds

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Vestibular

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17
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Open vs closed superior view of the vocal folds

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18
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Where is the trachea located

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  • anterior to esophagus
  • between the larynx and the primary bronchi
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19
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Two Functions of the trachea

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  1. Maintain patent airway
  2. Clean, warm, humidify air
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20
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How does the trachea maintain patent airway

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  • C-shapes tracheal cartilage rings
  • ends are connected by a band of smooth muscle: trachealis (contracts for coughing
  • ability to contract comes from many elastin fibres in lamina propria and submucosa
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21
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How does trachea maintain clean, warm and moist air?

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  • respiratory epithelium
  • mucus glands in the submucosa (formed by a bunch of goblet cells) - able to produce a large amount of mucus which will trap a large amount of debris - can eject a large amount of debris
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22
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What does the mucociliary escalator do?

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Removes debris to the pharynx, to be swallowed and digested

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23
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Diagram of mucocillary escalator in trachea

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24
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How does the mucocillary escalator work?

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  • mucus form goblet cells and mucous glands coat surface of epithelium producing a large amount of mucus
  • large amount of debris becomes trapped
  • cilia move mucus to pharynx where it is sent down the correct way
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25
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Why is the cartilage of the trachea C-shaped?

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To provide protection and keep the airway open, but allow room for the esophagus (posterior) and the trachealis muscle to allow for coughing to clear obstructions

26
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Which structure prevents food from entering the larynx ?

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The epiglottis

27
Q

How many lungs are there?

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2

28
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How many lobes are on the right of the lungs

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3

29
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How many lobes are there on the left

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2

30
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What happens in the hilum?

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Location where bronchi and blood vessels enter

31
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Diagram of lungs

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  • apex at top
  • base on bottom
  • slightly curved bottom as it sits on top of diaphragm
32
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Which part touches the ribs in the front?

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The costal surface

33
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Labeled diagram of real lungs

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34
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Bronchial tree

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  • trachea
  • primary bronchi
  • secondary bronchi (lobar) - 1 for each lobe - 2 on left - 3 on right
  • Tertriary bronchi (segmental) - reaches diff segments
  • continue branching until reaching terminal bronchioles
35
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Features of the trachea - bronchial tree

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  • respiratory epithelium
  • c-shapes cartilage rings
  • trachealis muscle at posterior
36
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Features of primary bronchi - bronchial tree

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  • respiratory epithlium
  • cartilage and smooth muscle rings complete
37
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Features of secondary and tertiary bronchi - bronchial tree

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  • respiratory epithelium starts to decrease in height
  • goblet cell numbers reduce
  • cartilage plates
38
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Features of bronchioles <1mm - bronchial tree

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  • cuboidal epithelium
  • no cartilage but thick smooth muscle for bronchocontriction/dilation
39
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Features of terminal bronchioles <0.5mm

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  • each supplies a pulmonary lobule
40
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What changes occur to the right cartilage and epithelial tissue along the LRT?

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Cartilage: complete ring in the larynx (cricoid), c-shaped in trachea, complete rings in primary bronchi, become platelets, and then absent in the bronchioles.

Epithelium: respiratory mucosa that decreases in height by the secondary bronchi. Becomes cuboidal in the bronchioles, with no goblet cells present

41
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Why does the left long has one less lobe then the tight one?

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Because of the location of the heart

42
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Respiratory zone is made of…

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Alveoli

43
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What is the respiratory zone made of?

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Pulmonary lobules made of many alveoli (air sacs) arranged like branches of grapes

44
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How many alveoli per lung

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Around 150 million (not an McQ)
- makes up most of lung volume
- enormous surface area (allows to take in a lot and release a lot)

45
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Structure of alveoli

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  • alveoli walls are very thin: simple squamous epithelium on a thin basement membrane
  • external surface of alveoli covered in a fine network of pulmonary capillaries
46
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Structure of alveolus

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  • pocket-like - open at one side
  • covered by a dense capillary network
47
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Epithelial Cells of the lungs are called..

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Pneumocytes

48
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Two types of pneumocytes

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Type 1
Type 2

49
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Type 1 squamous - pneumocytes

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  • forms the respiratory membrane / blood-air barrier with capillary wall and shared basement membrane fused with SSE

(Forms wall)

50
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Type 2 cuboidal - pneumocytes

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  • scattered amongst type 1 - not as many
  • secrete surfactant, a complex lipoprotein (phospholipid) that reduces the surface tension of the alveolar fluid - keeps them patent/ inflated
51
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Labeled cross section of the alveolus

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  • roaming macrophages to remove debris as there are no more goblet cells and mucus
52
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Respiratory membrane:

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  • endothelium of capillary
  • basement membrane
  • epithelium of alaveoi
53
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What connects terminal bronchi to alveoli

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Alveolar duct

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56
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MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO FRAW RESPIRATORY MEMBRANE

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Yes

57
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What structures make up the LRT

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Larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveolar ducts and alveoli

58
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How does the structure of LRT vary along its length

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  • the structure of the larynx allows the production of sound and ensures only air can pas
  • from trachea to the bronchioles, the airway becomes narrower, with less cartilage support, more smooth muscle, and flattening of the epithelium
59
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Key features of the lungs

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Left: two lungs
Right: 3 lobes
Hilum: where vessels/bronchi enter

Apex at top
Curved base to sit against diaphragm

60
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Type 1 forms what and type 2 forms

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  • type 1 pneumocytes form wall of alveoli
  • type 2 pneumocytes secrete surfactant
61
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What structures form the respiratory membrane

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  • alveolus wall
  • fused basement membrane
  • capillary wall