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1
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Where is air filtered when entering the body?

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Nasal Cavities

2
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Parts of the air condution system

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Pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchial tree

3
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Responsible for the sense of smell

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Olfactory mucosa

4
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3 regions of nasal cavities

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Vestibule, respiratory segment, Olfactory segment

5
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Cell type of vestibule

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Stratified squamous epithelium (continuous with the skin of the face)

6
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Traps dust particle in the nasal cavity

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Vibrissae

7
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Function of the respiratory segment

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Warm, moisten, filter inspired air

8
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2 layers of the repiratory segment

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Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium and lamina propria

9
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5 cell types of ciliated seudostratified columnar epithelium

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Ciliated cells, goblet cells, basal cells, brush cells, small granule cells

10
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Appearance of cilited cells

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Tall columnar cells with motile cilia

11
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Cells that synthesize and secrete mucus

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Goblet cells

12
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Forms the muscociliary apparatus

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Goblet + Ciliated cells

13
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Replacement cells that can differentiate into other respiratory epithelial cells

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Basal cells (usually do not reach the surface)

14
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Secretory cells that contain membrane-bound, dense-core granules at the base of the cell

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Small granule cells

15
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What respiratory cells are homologous to enteroendocrine cells?

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Small granule cells

16
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Contains extensive venous plexus near the inferior and medial nasal conchae to help warm up inspired air

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Lamina propria

17
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smooth portion of the respiratory system

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Medial wall

18
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Contains the turbinates of the respiratory segment

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Lateral wall

19
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Purpose of turbinates?

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Increases surface area for warming and moistening of the incoming air. Also causes air turbulence for more efficient conditioning of the incoming air

20
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How is the olfactory epithelium specialized?

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Contains neurons and lacks goblet cells

21
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Identifiers of olfactory cells

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Nuclei are mostly within the middle of the epithelial layer

22
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Bipolar neuron that spans the entire thickeness of the epithelium

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Olfactory cell

23
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Knob-like structure that the olfactory cell pole projects from

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Olfactory vesicle

24
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What is the apical surface of the olfactory dendrite covered in?

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Immotile Cilia

25
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What do the cilia of the olfactory cells contain?

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Olfactory receptors

26
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What forms the olfactory nerve?

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Axons of the olfactory cells

27
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Most numerous of the cell types in the olfactory epithelium?

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Supporting or sustentacular cells

28
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Appearance of sustenacular cells

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Tall columnar cells with apical nuclei, apical surface covered in microvilli

29
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Provides mechanical and metabolical support for the olfactory cells

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Sustentacular cells

30
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Progenitor cells that can differentiate into other types

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Basal Cells

31
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One of the very few neurons in the body that are replaced in postnatal development

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Olfactory neurons

32
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Contents of the lamina propria

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Bowman’s glands (olfactory glands), unmyelinated axons, venous sinuses

33
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Branched tubuloalveolar serous-secreting glands of the olfactory lamina propria

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Bowman’s glands

34
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Secretion of olfactory glands

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Watery secretion

35
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Lines the nasopharynx

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Respiratory epithelium (ciliated pseudostratified columnar)

36
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Layers of the trachea

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Mucosa, submucosa, tracheal cartilage, trachealis muscle, adventitia

37
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2 tissue types in tracheal mucosa

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Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium (respiratory epithelium) and lamina propria

38
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What does the respiratory epithelium rest on?

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Thick basement membrane with a well-developed reticular lamina, composed primarily of collagen

39
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What part of the mucosa is well-developed in the trachea?

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Elastic lamina propria

40
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What is the tracheal submucosa composed of?

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Loose connective tissue and seromucous glands

41
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Separates the submucosa from the adventitia

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Tracheal cartilages

42
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Connects the free ends of each C-shaped cartilage

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Trachealis muscle (smooth muscle fiber), not continuous muscle, and only on the posterior of the trachea

43
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Most external layer of the trachea, binds the trachea to adjacent structures

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Adventitia

44
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Characteristics of bronchi

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Cartilagenous plates and contiuous layer of smooth muscle

45
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Parts of the walls of bronchi

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Mucosa, muscularis, submucosa, discontinuous cartilagenous plates, adventitia

46
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Cells that form the bronchi mucosa

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Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells over lamina propria, identical to trachea

47
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Structure in bronchi lamina propria that can be used to differentiate bronchi from trachea

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Bronchi-associated lymphatic tissue

48
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Smooth muscle of the bronchi

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Muscularis

49
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What makes up the submucosa of the bronchi?

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Loose connective tissue with glands and adipose tissue

50
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Hyaline cartilage covered with perichondruim forms this as it decends all the way to the minor bronchi

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Discontiuous cartilagenous plates

51
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When does the bronchi turn into a bronchiole?

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When the discontinuous cartilagenous plates disappear

52
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Moderately dense connective tissue that is adjacent with that of the pulmonary artery and lung parenchyma

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Adventitia

53
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What is lacking in the walls of bronchioles?

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Cartilage and glands

54
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Largest to smallest lung tubes

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Bronchi, bronchioles, terminal bronchioles, respiratory bronchioles, alveoli

55
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General cell type in the terminal bronchioles

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simple cuboidal epithelium

56
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2 types of cells in terminal bronchioles

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Cuboidal cells with cilia, club cells

57
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Cells in terminal bronchioles that assist in the transport of airway seretions up the bronchioles

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Ciliated cuboidal cells

58
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Specialized secretory cells in the terminal bronchioles

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Club cells

59
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Distinctive features of club cells

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Well-developed RER/SER/Golgi apparatus, numerous secretory vesicles in the apical portion

60
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Amount of smooth muscle in the terminal bronachiole

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Significant amount

61
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First brochioles to perform gas exchange

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Respiratory bronchioles

62
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Ratio of club cells to ciliated cuboidal cells in respiratory bronchioles

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Large number of club cells

63
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Amount of smooth muscle in respiratory bronchioles

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little

64
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At the end of the respiratory bronchiole

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Alveolar duct

65
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Spaces surrounded by clusters of alveoli

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Alveolar sacs

66
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Major site of gas exchange

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Alveoli

67
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Separates each alveoli

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Alveolar septa

68
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Make up the interstitium of the alveoli

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Capillaries and connective tissue

69
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Characteristics of the alveolar capillaries

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Riches capillary network in the body, are continuous capillaries, lined with very thin endothelium.

70
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2 main cell types in alveoli

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Type I and Type II pneumocytes

71
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Alveolar cell that is flattened, squamous, forms 95% of surface cells, joined to one another via occluding junctions, basal lamina are fused with endothelial cells of the tight capillaries

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Type 1 pneumocyte

72
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Makes up the air-blood barrier

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Type I pneumocytes, endothelial cells, and fused basial laminae

73
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Alveolar cell that is round, large, secretory, capable of mitosis

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Type II pneumocyte

74
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What granules do type II pneumocytes contain?

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Multilamellar bodies, that contain surfactant

75
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What is the purpose of surfactant?

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Creates a film to reuce the surface tension inside alveoi, thus preventing their collapse

76
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Which alveolar cell acts as a progenitor for the other?

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Type II acts as a progenitor for type one

77
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When the level of surfactant in infants is not enough to prevent collapsing of the alveoli

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Respiratory distress syndrome

78
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Connects neighboring alveoli

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Alveolar pores

79
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Purpose of alveolar pores

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Equalize air pressure and provide collateral air circulation if a bronchiole is obstructed

80
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Cells that ar epresent in spetal walls and alveolar spaces, collect particles like dust and pollen,

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Alveolar macrophages

81
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MOA of TB

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Alveolar macrophages cannot digest the mycobacterium tuberculosis, so it accumulates in the cell, causing damage to the cell, which releases the stored bacteria, furthering the infection

82
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Leading cause of mortality worldwide

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Lung cancer

83
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2 most common types of malignant tumors found in the lung

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Non-small cell carcinoma and small-cell carcinoma

84
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Most common cause of lung cancer

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Non-small cell carcinoma

85
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Most aggressive and highly malignant lung cancer that is almost always found in smokers

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Small-cell carcinoma