A&P - Chapter 35 (Part 3) Flashcards

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What is the function of the trachea?

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Passageway for air to move to and from lungs

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What does the ciliated mucosal lining do?

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Traps airborne irritants

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What does complete occlusion of the airway cause in minutes?

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Death

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How many deaths occur in the US from tracheal obstructions?

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4000+

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What is the Heimlich maneuver?

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Is a lifesaving technique used in cases of tracheal obstruction

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How does the trachea branch?

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Into right and left bronchi (primary bronchi) which lead into right and left lungs

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How does the bronchi branch once in the lung?

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Each primary bronchi branches into increasingly smaller secondary bronchi which eventually lead to bronchioles

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How many levels of branching bronchi are there?

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23

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What kind of muscle are in the walls of bronchioles?

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Smooth muscle

- no rings of cartilage

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What do bronchioles divide into?

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Microscopic tubes called alveolar ducts

- look like the stem of a bunch of grapes

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What are the alveolar ducts are the end of each cluster of bronchioles called?

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Alveolar sacs

- cluster fo grapes

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What are the walls of the alveolar sacs made of?

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Alveoli

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13
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How many alveoli’s do you have per lung?

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Millions

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What is the function of bronchi and bronchioles

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Are passage ways for air to move to and from alveoli

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What is the function of alveoli?

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Site of exchange of O2 and CO2 between blood in lung capillaries and air in alveoli

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Describe the walls of alveoli

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Thin walls that are made up of single layers of cells

17
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What is alveoli in direct contact with?

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The blood capillary bed

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Alveoli and respiratory membrane

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Thin membrane that lies between the blood in the capillaries and the air in each alveolus

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What is the alveoli and respiratory membrane covered with?

20
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Surfactant

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A substance that reduces surface tension to prevent collapse of alveoli as air moves in & out

21
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Where do the lungs fill?

A

Fill chest cavity (except mediastinum); from diaphragm to above the clavicles

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How many lobes are in the right lobe?

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How many lobes are in the left lobe?

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What happens at the hilum of the lungs?

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It is where the primary bronchi and pulmonary blood vessels enter

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Where do the lungs rest on?
The diaphragm
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Where is the base of the lungs?
Broad lower part of each lung
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Where is the apex of the lungs?
Narrow upper part of each lung | - under the collarbone
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Pleura
Moist, smooth, slippery membrane that lines chest cavity and covers outer surface of lungs
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What makes up the pleura?
1. Parietal 2. Visceral 3. Intrapleural space
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What does the parietal of the lungs do?
Lines walls of thoracic cavity
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What does the visceral of the lungs do?
Covers the lungs
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Intrapleural space
Lies between parietal and visceral
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Pleurisy
Inflammation of the pleura
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Pneumothorax
Collapsed lung
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What is pneumothroax due to?
The presence of air in the intrapleural space on one side of the chest
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What happens in the pneumothorax?
The air increases the pressure on that side of the lung, causing it to collapse
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What is the function of the lungs?
Pulmonary ventilation | - breathing
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What is the function of the pleura?
Reduces friction between the lungs and chest wall during breathing