LECTURE NOTES IN ANATOMYPHARMACY STUDENTS

REV. PROF. SETH AYETTEY OCTOBER 2012

OBJECTIVESAPPRECIATE DESIGN OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACTIDENTIFY PARTS OF THE TRACHEO-BRONCHIAL

TREEKNOW THE VALUE OF THE BRONCHIOLEBE ABLE TO IDENTIFY DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF

ALVEOLIBE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE DOUBLE

CIRCULATION OF BLOOD TO THE LUNGSBE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE DEFENSIVE

MECHANISM IN THE RESPIRATORY TRACTBE ABLE TO APPRECIATE ITS LYMPHATIC

DRAINAGETO KNOW THE AUTONOMIC REGULATION OF THE

TRACHEO-BRONCHIAL TREE

THE REPIRATORY TRACTTHE NASAL CAVITYPARANASAL AIR SINUSESTHE NASO-PHARYNXTHE ORO-PHARYNXTHE LARYNGO-PHARYNX

THE TRACHEO-BRONCHIAL TREE

THE TRACHEO-BRONCHIAL TREETHE TRACHEATHE PRINCIPAL BRONCHISECONDARY OR LOBAR BRONCHITERTIARY BRONCHI

BRONCHO PULMONARY SEGMENTSBRONCHIOLEALVEOLAR DUCTSALVEOLI

THE ALVEOLAR SEPTUMGAS EXCHANGE

THE PULMONARY DEFENSIVE MECHANISMNASAL CAVITYTHE PHARYNXTHE LARYNGEAL OPENING – COUGH

REFLEXMUCUS SECRETIONRESPIRATORY EPITHELIUMBRONCHOSPASMLYMPHATIC SYSTEM

BLOOD SUPPLY OF THE LUNGSPULMONARY CIRCULATION

PULMONARY TRUNKPULMONARY ARTERIESPULMONARY CAPILLARIES

PULMONARY CAPILLARY PRESSUREPULMONARY VEINS

BRONCHIAL ARTERIESFROM THORACIC AORTADISTRIBUTION TO PRE-ALVEOLA REGION

PULMONARY SYSTEM – AUTONOMIC INNERVATIONSYMPATHETIC SUPPLY

EFFECT ON MUCUS SECRETIONEFFECT ON BRONCHIOLESEFFECT ON GASEOUS EXCHANGE

PARASYMPATHETIC SUPPLYEFFECT ON MUCUS SECRETIONEFFECT ON BRONCHIOLESEFFECT ON GASEOUS EXCHANGE

CLINICAL VALUEPNEUMONIALUNG ABSCESSESPULMONARY EMBOLISMPULMONARY OEDEMAASTHMAEMPHYSEMALUNG CANCERCANCER METASTASISPNEUMOTHORAX/LUNG COLLAPSE

Pulmonary Blood Flow

Pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening condition that occurs when a clot of blood or other material blocks an artery the lungs. 

Facts about PE.3rd most common cause of death.

2nd most common cause of unexpected death in most age groups.

60% of patients dying in the hospital have had a PE.

Diagnosis has been missed in about 70% of the cases