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What is the importance of the pleura in the lower respiratory tract?
What is the importance of the pleura in the lower respiratory tract?
Helps with lubrication and allows for smooth movement during breathing.
Describe the composition of the diaphragm.
Describe the composition of the diaphragm.
Primarily made up of muscle (domed-shaped) and connective tissue.
Explain the branching of the tracheobronchial tree.
Explain the branching of the tracheobronchial tree.
The trachea branches into the primary bronchi, which further divide into secondary bronchi, then into bronchioles.
Identify the lung lobation patterns of different species.
Identify the lung lobation patterns of different species.
Explain the difference between pulmonary and systemic blood supply to the lungs.
Explain the difference between pulmonary and systemic blood supply to the lungs.
Recall the segmentations of the lungs.
Recall the segmentations of the lungs.
Describe the innervation of the diaphragm.
Describe the innervation of the diaphragm.
What is the nerve supply to the diaphragm?
What is the nerve supply to the diaphragm?
What is the function of the trachealis muscle?
What is the function of the trachealis muscle?
Which type of epithelium lines the respiratory mucosa?
Which type of epithelium lines the respiratory mucosa?
Where does the trachea run from and to within the thoracic cavity?
Where does the trachea run from and to within the thoracic cavity?
What is the anatomical term for the openings in the diaphragm?
What is the anatomical term for the openings in the diaphragm?
What are the functions of the pleura?
What are the functions of the pleura?
Which species may have a tracheal bronchus?
Which species may have a tracheal bronchus?
Name the parts that the parietal pleura consists of.
Name the parts that the parietal pleura consists of.
What is the Cupula pleurae and why is it vulnerable to injury?
What is the Cupula pleurae and why is it vulnerable to injury?
What is the function of the dorsal vagal trunk?
What is the function of the dorsal vagal trunk?
What are the two pleural recesses found in the canine thorax?
What are the two pleural recesses found in the canine thorax?
What is the most important respiratory muscle in the body?
What is the most important respiratory muscle in the body?
Name the parts of the diaphragm.
Name the parts of the diaphragm.
What is the arterial supply of the diaphragm?
What is the arterial supply of the diaphragm?
What two types of blood supply do the lungs receive?
What two types of blood supply do the lungs receive?
What is the structure that demarcates lobules of lung tissue in some animals?
What is the structure that demarcates lobules of lung tissue in some animals?
What is the function of the thoracic duct?
What is the function of the thoracic duct?
Which lung lobe is not subdivided in dogs and horses?
Which lung lobe is not subdivided in dogs and horses?
What are the structures that attach the lungs at the root (hilus)?
What are the structures that attach the lungs at the root (hilus)?
What defines the lobation of the lungs in the cranial view of canine lungs?
What defines the lobation of the lungs in the cranial view of canine lungs?
What determines the color of lungs?
What determines the color of lungs?
What makes lung surfaces expandable with no fixed size or shape?
What makes lung surfaces expandable with no fixed size or shape?
What surrounds the lobules of lung tissue in some animals?
What surrounds the lobules of lung tissue in some animals?
