handouts for nursing course in ana-physio

1. COLLEGE OF NURSING – ARAULLO UNIVERSITY
Cabanatuan City
ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY HANDOUTS
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Oxygen – essential for most of the chemical reaction in the body
Carbon dioxide – major waste material produced from the different metabolism of the human body
Structures of the Respiratory System:
Mucous Membrane
lines the respiratory tract
vascular and moist
inhaled air will be warmed by the mucous membrane in the conchae (superior, middle and inferior)
ciliated columnar epithelium lines the nasal cavity and the pharynx
Nasal Cavity and Related Structures:
the olfactory area of the mucosa of the nose is located on the superior posterior part of the nasal cavity and superior
conchae
paranasal sinuses – the frontal, ethmoid, maxillary, and sphenoid sinuses; air spaces of the skull bone that open into the
nose; gives resonance to voice and lightness of the bon