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Histo - exam 2
Respiratory System
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Not Applicable
06/23/2008

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Conducting Portion of the RT
Definition
- conveys air to and from the respiratory portion
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Respiratory Portion of the RT
Definition
- includes the sites of exchange of gases between air and blood
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C-shaped rings of hyaline cartilage
Definition
- structures of hyaline cartilage that keep the trachial lumen open
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Plates of hyaline cartilage
Definition
- structures of hyaline cartilage that keep the bronchus open
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Smooth Muscle
Definition
- structure that is the support for the wall of the bronchiole
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Olfactory Cell
Definition
- allows for a sence of smell
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Ciliated columnar cell
Definition

- functions with the mucocilliated elevator (escalator)

- the cillia that move mucous

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Goblet Cell
Definition

- functions in the mucocilliated elevator

- secrete mucous

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Clara (bronchiolar) cell
Definition
- cell that secretes some components of surfactant
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Type I alveolar cell
Definition

- component of gas exchange

-air-blood barrier

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Type II alveolar cell
Definition
- produce and secrete pulmonary surfactant that lines alveoli and the respiratory bronchi
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alveolar macrophage
Definition
- clear surfactant and foreign material from lungs
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