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Respiration

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Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide with the environment

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Which respiration processes are functions of the respiratory system?

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Ventilation and external respiration

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Which respiration processes are functions of the cardiovascular system?

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Gas transport and internal respiration

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Ventilation

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Move air in/out of lungs

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External respiration

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Gas diffuses between lungs and blood

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How does gas transport happen?

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Via blood

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Internal respiration

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Gas diffuses between blood and cells

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Conducting zone

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Passageway for air (NO DIFFUSION)

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What process does the conducting zone use?

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Ventilation

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Where does the conducting zone range from?

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External nose through most tubes in lungs

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Respiratory zone

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Oxygen diffuses into blood

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What process does the respiratory system use?

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External respiration

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Where is the respiratory system?

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Pulmonary alveoli and respiratory bronchioles

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What are the layers of the conducting zone?

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Mucosa and submucosa

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What is mucosa’s connective tissue layer?

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Lamina propria

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What is the epithelium in the conducting zone that is exposed to food?

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Nonkeratinized stratified squamous

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What is the epithelium in the conducting zone that is NOT exposed to food?

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Pseudostratified ciliated columnar

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What is a function of pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium?

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Removing debris

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What are two glands that secrete mucus to trap debris in the conducting zone?

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Goblet cells and seromucous glands

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Goblet cells

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1-celled glands in mucosal epithelium

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Seromucous glands

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In lamina propria and submucosa

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External nares

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Entrance and exit

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What does the nasal septum separate?

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Left and right nasal cavitites

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What type of epithelium is in the external nose?

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Pseudostratified ciliated columnar

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Which way is debris swept to be swallowed?
Posteriorly
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What does the highly vascularized lamina propria do?
Warms and moistens inspired air
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Paranasal sinuses
Paired air spaces in the bones of skull
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What do paranasal sinuses do?
Connect to nasal cavity by drainage ducts
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Pharynx
Where respiratory and digestive tracts intersect
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What are the divisions of the pharynx?
Nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx
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Nasopharynx
Connects to nasal cavity and has pseudostratified ciliated columnar
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Oropharynx
Connects to oral cavity and has nonkeratinized stratified squamous
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Laryngopharynx
Connects to larynx and esophagus and has nonkeratinized stratified squamous
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Larynx functions
"Gateway to lungs", control speech (voice box)
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What type of cartilage are most larynx structures made of?
Hyaline cartilage
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Thyroid cartilage
Laryngeal prominence (adam's apple)
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Cricoid cartilage
Most inferior cartilage of larynx (circular)
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Arytenoid cartilage
Attached on back of cricoid cartilage (not visible in anterior view)
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What happens in the epiglottis?
Swallowing elevates the larynx, epiglottis passively tilts down, laryngeal inlet (opening) closes
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What other type of cartilage does the epiglottis have?
Elastic cartilage
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Vocal folds
Vibrated by air to produce sound
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Rima glottidis
Opening between vocal folds
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Glottis
Rima glottidis + vocal folds
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Where are the vocal folds attached?
Attached to thyroid cartilage at anterior end and arytenoid cartilage at posterior end
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How do the vocal folds open/close?
By moving arytenoid cartilages in transverse plane
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How is the pitch controlled?
Cricoid cartilage moves in sagittal plane and carries arytenoid cartilages along (high tension = high pitch)
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Vestibular folds
False vocal cords that are superior to vocal folds
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Do vestibular folds have a direct role in sound production?
No
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What are the vestibular folds important for?
Holding the breath against pressure in the thoracic cavity
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Superior larynx epithelium
Stratified squamous
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Inferior larynx epithelium
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar
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Where is the trachea located?
Mediastinum
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Which tissue in the trachea helps to get rid of dust?
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium
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Which tissue in the trachea prevents the collapse of airways?
Rings of hyaline cartilage
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Which structure in the trachea contracts when coughing?
Smooth muscle structure
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Why does the trachea need elastic connective tissue?
For elastic recoil (more efficient ventilation)
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Do the same tissues continue throughout most of the conducting zone?
Yes
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Which bronchi is outside of the lungs?
Primary bronchi
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Where is the primary bronchi located?
Mediastinum
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Which zones does the lung contain?
Part of conducting and all of respiratory
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Pleuare
Serous membranes surrounding the lungs
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What are the pleuare membranes in order superficial to deep?
Outer pleura, pleural cavity, and inner pleura
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Outer pleura
Parietal pleura (attached to chest wall)
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Pleural cavity
Space that contains pleural fluid
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What does the pleural cavity provide?
Subatmospheric pressure for breathing
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Inner pleura
Visceral pleura (outer layer of lung)
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How many lobes are in the left lung?
2 to make space for the heart
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How many lobes are in the right lung?
3
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How many bronchopulmonary segments are in each lung?
About 10
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What does the bronchial tree connect?
Trachea to alveoli
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How many secondary (lobar) bronchi are there and where are they?
1 per lobe
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How many tertiary (segmental) bronchi are there and where are they?
1 per bronchopulmonary segment
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What is the size of bronchioles?
<1mm wide
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Asthma
Allergic inflammation where the smooth muscle of bronchioles contracts and increases mucus secretion
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Where are the terminal bronchioles?
End of conducting zone
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Where are the respiratory bronchioles and what are they attached to?
Start of respiratory zone, attached to the alveoli
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Pulmonary alveoli
Where gas exchange occurs by diffusion
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Pulmonary alveoli characteristic (1)
Covered with pulmonary capillaries
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Pulmonary alveoli characteristic (2)
Very short diffusion distance (thin wall = fast diffusion)
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Pulmonary alveoli characteristic (3)
Very large surface area
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Pulmonary alveoli characteristic (4)
No mucus (slows down diffusion)
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Emphysema
Walls between alveoli break down which decreases surface area for oxygen to reach blood vessels
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Alveolar macrophages function
Trap dust
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Type 1 cells (main component of alveolar lining)
Thinnest for diffusion, have simple squamous epithelium
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Type 2 cells
Secrete surfactant, simple cuboidal epithelial cells
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Surfactant
Molecules that decrease surface tension of water allowing alveoli to expand
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Respiratory distress syndrome
Not enough surfactant produced which makes it difficult for alveoli to expand
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What age is respiratory distress syndrome common and why?
In premature infants because their type 2 cells take longer to mature
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Inspiration (active)
External intercostal and diaphragm contract (skeletal muscles)
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What happens during inspiration?
Increased thoracic volume then decreased pressure in lungs and air enters
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Expiration (passive)
Muscles relax and tissues recoil because it has elastic connective tissue
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Pneumothorax
Presence of air in the pleural cavity
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What can a pneumothorax cause?
A collapsed lung
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Where can air enter the body?
From the lung or outside thorax

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