Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiolog Chapter 1
1.Conducting Airways: Passageways between the ambient environment
and the gas exchange units of the lungs (alveoli)
2.Two parts of the conducting airways: upper and lower airways
3.What is the upper airway composed of?: Nose, Oral cavity, Pharynx,
Larynx
4."Voice Box": Larynx
5.Primary functions of the nose: filter, humidify, and warm inspired air
6.Nasal Flaring: Sign of Respiratory Distress
7.Alar Collapse: Sign of Respiratory Obstruction, can cause mouth
breathing
8.Non-ciliated Stratified Squamous Epithelium: Lines the anterior one-
third of the nasal cavity
9.Pseudo-stratified Ciliated Columnar Epithelium: Lines the posterior two-
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, thirds of the nasal cavity
10.Simple Cuboidal Epithelium: Located in the bronchioles
11.Simple Squamous Epithelium: Permeable tissue to oxygen and carbon
diox- ide, can be found in the alveoli and the pulmonary capillaries that
surround the alveoli
12.What type of X-Ray would you recumbent for Acute epiglottis?:
Lateral Neck
13.What do you look for to indicate acute epiglottitus?: Thumb Sign
14. What type of X-Ray do you recommend for Laryngotracheobronchitis
(LTB) and what do you look for?: Anterior X-Ray and look for Steeple sign
15.Another name for the lower airways: Tracheobronchial Tree
16.Two major forms of the lower airways: cartilaginous and non-
cartiginous airways
17.What separates the lower airways from Lamina proper?: Basement
mem- brane
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1.Conducting Airways: Passageways between the ambient environment
and the gas exchange units of the lungs (alveoli)
2.Two parts of the conducting airways: upper and lower airways
3.What is the upper airway composed of?: Nose, Oral cavity, Pharynx,
Larynx
4."Voice Box": Larynx
5.Primary functions of the nose: filter, humidify, and warm inspired air
6.Nasal Flaring: Sign of Respiratory Distress
7.Alar Collapse: Sign of Respiratory Obstruction, can cause mouth
breathing
8.Non-ciliated Stratified Squamous Epithelium: Lines the anterior one-
third of the nasal cavity
9.Pseudo-stratified Ciliated Columnar Epithelium: Lines the posterior two-
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, thirds of the nasal cavity
10.Simple Cuboidal Epithelium: Located in the bronchioles
11.Simple Squamous Epithelium: Permeable tissue to oxygen and carbon
diox- ide, can be found in the alveoli and the pulmonary capillaries that
surround the alveoli
12.What type of X-Ray would you recumbent for Acute epiglottis?:
Lateral Neck
13.What do you look for to indicate acute epiglottitus?: Thumb Sign
14. What type of X-Ray do you recommend for Laryngotracheobronchitis
(LTB) and what do you look for?: Anterior X-Ray and look for Steeple sign
15.Another name for the lower airways: Tracheobronchial Tree
16.Two major forms of the lower airways: cartilaginous and non-
cartiginous airways
17.What separates the lower airways from Lamina proper?: Basement
mem- brane
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