exam 3 Flashcards
nasal septum
divides external nares
external nares aka
nostrils
path through nasal cavity
- external nares
- nasal vestibule
- nasal cavity
what protects external nares?
guard hairs
what is nasal vestibule lined with?
stratified squamous epithelium
nasal cavity
- Traps dust particles
- Composted of CT and respiratory epithelium
- where air can be warmed by underlying venous plexus
respiratory epithelium
pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet cells (secrete mucus)
Nasal concha
- several thin, scroll-shaped bony elements forming the upper chambers of thenasal cavities
- increase the surface area of thesecavities, providing for rapid warming and humidification of air as it passes to the lungs.
nasal conchae
- in walls of nasal cavity
- cause air to come in contact with mucous membrane
- internal nares lead to pharynx.
pharynx parts
nasopharynx
oropharynx
laryngopharynx
larynx
- “voice box”
- controls pitch of voice
thyroid cartilage aka
Adam’s apple in men bc of testosterone
order of cartilage in larynx
thyroid cartilage
arytenoid cartilage
cricoid cartilage
true vocal cords
vocal folds, vibrate with expelled air
false vocal cords
vocal folds (true vocal cords)
vibrate with expelled air
vestibular folds (false vocal cords)
protect the vocal folds and help to close the glottis when we swallow
epiglottis
- covers opening of larynx (glottis) during swallowing
- when fails, cough reflex
trachea
wind pipe
tracheal cartilage is made of
hyaline cartilage
order of trachea
- inferior- carina
- splits into 2 main bronchi
- lobar bronchi
- segmental bronci
- bronchiole
pathway of bronchi
- bronchi turn into
- bronchioles (alveoli attached to walls)
- alveolar ducts
- alveoli
alveoli
gas exchange occurs with blood capillaries located adjacently
airways
decrease in size but surface area increases as you travel inferiorly
alveolar sacs
clusters of alveoli around an alveolar duct
Type I pneumocytes
increase surface area for gas exchange