KINESIOL 1YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Stratified Squamous Epithelium, Arytenoid Cartilage, Nasal Vestibule

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Respiratory System
Breathing & Respiration
3 Processes Required for Respiration to Occur:
1. Ventilation: movement of air into & out of lungs (breathing)
2. External Respiration: gas exchange between air in lungs & blood; transport of O2 & CO2 into the blood
3. Internal Respiration: gas exchange b/n blood & tissue; taking gases & moving them into/ out of the tissues from the blood
Other Respiratory System Function
1. Regulation of blood pH: altered by changing blood CO2 levels; bicarbonate system buffer the pH changes
2. Production of chemical mediators: ACE; produced by lungs to control BP
3. Voice production: movement of air past vocal folds makes sound & speech
4. Olfaction: smell occurs when airborne molecules are drawn into nasal cavity
5. Protection: against microorganisms by preventing
entry & removing them from respiratory surfaces
Characterizing Respiratory System
Divided into 2 Parts
1. Upper Respiratory System
â—‹ Nose & Nasal Cavity
â—‹ Pharynx (throat)
2. Lower Respiratory System
â—‹ Larynx (voice box)
â—‹ Trachea (windpipe)
â—‹ Bronchi
â—‹ Lungs
Conducting Zones vs Respiratory Zones
1. Conducting Zones: where we have movement of air
but no gas exchange
â—‹ Upper & Lower Resp structures
2. Respiratory Zones: where gas exchange is actually
happening
â—‹ Alveoli
Nose & Nasal Cavity
- There to make sure no particles make it into the
respiratory system
- Nose is made of cartilage & bone; cartilage helps to make the openings (external nares)
- Just inside the nares is the nasal vestibule; they are stratified squamous epithelial cell lined with hairs; enables us to trap
large particles that are floating around in the air (1st line of defense)
- Base of nasal cavity (hard palate) is made of the maxillary & palatine bone; separates the oral & nasal cavity
- Nasal Conchae are ridges that line lateral sides of the nasal cavity; superior, middle, inferior; job is to help create turbulent
air flow & creates a large SA for mucous membranes
- All surfaces w/in cavity are lined with mucous membranes so mucous can trap any smaller particles, highly vascular which
helps to heat the air as it moves & adds moisture
- In b/n the conchae, there are canals that are formed known as the nasal meatuses; they are the passageways where the
air is going to move from the vestibule towards the back of the cavity
- Superior meatus is between the superior & middle conchae
- Middle meatus is between the middle & inferior conchae
- Inferior meatus is under the inferior conchae (lacrimal duct secretes into here)
- Olfactory epithelium are on the superior portion of the cavity
- Sinuses are small cavities w/n the bone; the 2 of them make up the paranasal membranes; they are lined with mucus
membranes & can secrete the mucus into the nasal cavity for extra protection; also make our skull lighter & helps with
speech production by resonating sounds (sinuses are blocked during a cold)
- Frontal sinus is within the frontal bone
- Sphenoidal sinus is within the sphenoid bone
- Back of the nasal cavity is characterized by the choana (choanae); have one for the left & right nasal cavity
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Functions of the Nasal Structures
- Olfactory epithelium for sense of smell found in roof of nasal cavity
- Vestibule has the stratified squamous cells
- Rest of the nasal cavity has pseudostratified ciliated columnar cells with goblet cells lines nasal cavity
- Warms air due to high vascularity
- Mucous moistens air & traps dust
- Cilia move mucus towards pharynx
- Paranasal sinuses open into nasal cavity
- Lighten skull & resonate speech
Pharynx
- Muscular tube (13 cm long)
- Skeletal muscle & mucous membrane
- Extends from Choanae to esophagus
- Functions
- Passageway for food & air
- Resonating chamber for speech production
- Tonsil (masses of lymphatic tissue) involved in immunological functions
3 Main Parts
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1. Nasopharynx
â—‹ Posterior to choanae/superior to soft palate (little bit of muscle & mucous membrane; continuation of the hard
palate; closes off the nasal cavity when swallowing)
â—‹ Lined with pseudostratified ciliated columnar
â—‹ Passage of air only
â—‹ Opening of the auditory tube
â—‹ Uvula works with the soft palate to close off the nasal passage
â—‹ Pharyngeal tonsils (adenoids) is a mass of lymphatic tissues
2. Oropharynx
â—‹ Soft palate to epiglottis (closes airway)
â—‹ Lined with stratified squamous epithelial cells
â—‹ Opening from the oral cavity into the oropharynx is called the fauces
â—‹ Common passageway for air & food
â—‹ Contains the palatine & lingual tonsils
3. Laryngopharynx
â—‹ Epiglottis to esophagus
â—‹ Lined with stratified squamous epithelial cells
â—‹ Common passage for air & food
Larynx
Structure
- Goes from the pharynx to the level of the trachea
- Composed of 9 pieces of cartilage
- 3 unpairs, 6 in pairs
- Held together by ligaments & muscle; attach onto the hyoid bone
- Pairs of ligaments that are covered in mucous membranes & create folds; they are lined with stratified squamous
epithelium & are going to change in shape & open & close in order to create sounds waves
- Superior is the vestibular folds (false vocal cords)
- Inferior is the vocal folds (true vocal cords)
Cartilages of the Larynx
UNPAIRED (superiorl to inferior)
- Epiglottis is a leaf-shaped piece of elastic cartilage
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Respiratory system: ventilation: movement of air into & out of lungs (breathing, external respiration: gas exchange between air in lungs & blood; transport of o2 & co2 into the blood. Internal respiration: gas exchange b/n blood & tissue; taking gases & moving them into/ out of the tissues from the blood. Divided into 2 parts: upper respiratory system. Conducting zones vs respiratory zones: conducting zones: where we have movement of air but no gas exchange. Upper & lower resp structures: respiratory zones: where gas exchange is actually happening. There to make sure no particles make it into the respiratory system. Nose is made of cartilage & bone; cartilage helps to make the openings (external nares) Just inside the nares is the nasal vestibule; they are stratified squamous epithelial cell lined with hairs; enables us to trap large particles that are floating around in the air (1st line of defense)

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