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30 Cards in this Set
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__________ are the 10th –15ths airway generations
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bronchioles
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Bronchioles are < _ mm in diameter
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1mm
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Bronchioles lack __________ ______ _______
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connective tissue sheaths
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Bronchioles are surrounded by ______ ______ fibers (lack rigidity)
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spiral muscle fibers
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Bronchioles are lined with ________ epithelium.
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cuboidal epithelium
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______ _______ affects intraalveolar and intrapleural pressure changes |
airway patency |
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____ __ _______ also plays a role in respiratory disease. (bronchioles)
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Lack of support
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________ ___________ are the 16th–19th generation of airways
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terminal bronchioles
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Terminal bronchioles are about _._mm in diameter
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0.5mm
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________ ___________ are the end of the conducting zone.
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Terminal bronchioles
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Terminal bronchioles contain _____ cells which are secreting cells with unknown purpose.
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Clara
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As the walls thin, small channels called ______ __ _______ appear between terminal bronchioles and adjacent alveoli
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Canals of Lambert
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_____________ ______ ________ occurs due to elastic properties of lung parenchyma (gas exchange region)
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parabronchial radial traction
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Airway patency is maintained in noncartilaginous airways by the __________ ______ of elastic tissue fibers |
retractile forces |
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___________ ___________ are characterized by alveoli "budding" from their walls
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respiratory bronchioles
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________ _____ are composed of alveoli seperated by septal walls containing smooth muscle
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alveolar ducts
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________ _____ are grape–like clusters consisting of 15–20 _______
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alveolar sacs, alveoli
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Respiratory bronchioles + alveolar ducts + alveolar sacs =
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primary lobule, acinus, lung parenchyma
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In an adult male there are approximently ___ _______ alveoli
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300 million
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Alveolar surface area is approximently __ m2 or roughly the size of a ______ _____
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70 m2, tennis court
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Type I pneumocytes compose about __% of the alveolar surface
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95%
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Type I pneumocytes are _____, ____ cells that are the _____ site of alvolar gas exchange.
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broad, thin, major
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Type II pneumocytes form the remaining _% of the total alveolar surface
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5%
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Type II pneumocytes are the primary source of _________ __________
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pulmonary surfactant
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Type III cells are also known as
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alveolar macrophages
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Alveolar macrophages are
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large, migrating phagocytes
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Alveolar macrophages can do three different things after removing bacteria or other foreign particles deposited within the acini
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migrate to terminal bronchioles (moved by cilia)
migrate to interstitial space and remain there or enter lymph system remain in alveolus and die |
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Pores of Kohn are
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small holes in the walls of the intra–alveolar septa
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Pores of Kohn permit
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gas movement between adjacent alveoli
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Pores of Kohn are formed by these three things
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desquamation of epithelial cells due to disease
normal degeneration of tissue cells due to aging movement of macrophages |