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1
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What are the respiratory system functions in blood pressure control?

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Via renin-angiotensin system. Angiotensin I -> angiotensin II via angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in lung capillaries.

2
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Describe the epithelial changes that happen as you move through the nasal cavity.

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Initial part (vestibule) has keratinised stratified squamous epithelium, then keratin is lost, then it is respiratory epithelium.

3
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Describe respiratory epithelium.

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Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet cells.

4
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What does the lamina propria in the nose contain?

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Seromucous glands and a rich venous plexus which can quickly engorge with blood and block the nose.

5
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What is the difference between olfactory and respiratory epithelium?

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It is taller.

6
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What parts of the oropharynx and epiglottis have non-keratinised stratified squamous epithelium?

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All of the oropharynx, the anterior (lingual) surface and upper part of the posterior surface of the epiglottis.

7
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What are the vocal folds and adjacent structures covered with?

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Stratified squamous epithelium.

8
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What is the open side of the C shaped cartilage of the trachea spanned by?

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Fibroelastic tissue and smooth muscle (trachealis muscle).

9
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Describe the layers of the trachea.

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Respiratory epithelium -> basal lamina -> lamina propria (connective tissue with abundant elastic fibres) -> submucosa (connective tissue, includes numerous seromucous glands).

10
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What are the rings of hyaline cartilage in the trachea replaced by in the bronchi?

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Irregularly shaped cartilage plates.

11
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Describe the layers of a bronchus.

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Respiratory epithelium -> lamina propria -> muscularis (ring of smooth muscle) -> submucosa (adipose tissue with some seromucous glands)

12
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When is cartilage lost in the airway?

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When it is about 1mm in diameter.

13
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Compared to bronchi, what do bronchioles lack and still have?

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Lack cartilage and glands, still have smooth muscle.

14
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What happens to the epithelium as you progress down the respiratory tree?

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It decreases in height from columnar to cuboidal.

15
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What is the lamina propria composed of in bronchioles?

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Smooth muscle, elastic and collagenous fibres.

16
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What are the terminal bronchioles?

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The smallest bronchioles that lack respiratory (gas exchange) function.

17
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What are the roles of club cells and where are they found?

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Stem cells, detoxification, immune modulation, surfactant production.

18
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Where does gas exchange start?

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Respiratory bronchioles.

19
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Describe type I alveolar cells (pneumocytes).

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Simple squamous epithelium that lines the alveolar surfaces covering over 90% of alveolar surface. Provide a barrier of minimal thickness that is permeable to gases.

20
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Describe type II alveolar cells (pneumocytes).

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Polygonal in shape, free surface covered by microvilli and cytoplasm displays dense membrane bound lamellar bodies which contain surfactant (released by exocytosis).

21
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What are alveolar macrophages (dust cells)?

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Free cells in septa or migrating over luminal surfaces of alveoli, phagocytosing inhaled particles that escape entrapment.

22
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What does the air-blood barrier consist of?

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Type I cell, the endothelial cell and the basal lamina of each (200-600nm).

23
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What are the pores of Kohn?

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Pores between alveoli.

24
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What are the pleural membranes composed of?

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Outer layer of simple squamous epithelium (mesothelium) backed by layers of fibrous and elastic connective tissue.

25
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What is the structural difference between the visceral and parietal pleura?

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They are similar but parietal generally simplest membrane lining the thoracic cavity.

26
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What is the ridge called that forms between the respiratory diverticulum and the eosophagus?

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Treacheoesophageal ridge.

27
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What does the respiratory diverticulum split into?

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2 lung buds.

28
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What does the tracheoesophageal ridge close up to form?

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The trachea and the oesophagus.

29
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What surrounds the lung buds and the oesophagus?

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Splanchnic mesoderm.

30
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What is an oesophageal atresia?

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Blind ending of the oesophagus.

31
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What is a tracheoesophageal fistula?

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Communication between the trachea and oesophagus.

32
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Can fistulas and atresias occur in combos?

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Yes.

33
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At what days do the primary, secondary and tertiary bronchial buds form?

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Primary - 28 days, secondary - 30 days, tertiary - 38 days.

34
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When are the terminal bronchioles formed?

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At 16 weeks.

35
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What are the stages of embryological lung development?

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Embryonic, pseudoglandular, canalicular, saccular, alveolar.

36
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What time periods are these stages associated with?

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Embryonic: 26 days - 6 weeks. Pseudoglandular: 6-16 weeks. Canalicular: 16-28 weeks. Saccular: 28-36 weeks. Alveolar: 36 weeks - early childhood.

37
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Describe lung tissue in the newborn.

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Blood capillaries are in direct contact with the mature alveoli.