Anatomy and Physiology of Lungs | Lungs Function | Respiratory System Divided into Conducting Zone & Respiratory Zone and function | Respiratory System Divided Anatomically Upper Respiratory Tract & Lower Tract and Function | Right & Left Lung Lobes and Function | Subdivisions of the lungs lobes and has function

 Anatomy and Physiology of Lungs

Topics…

1. Lungs Function
2. Respiratory System Divided into Conducting Zone & Respiratory Zone and function
3. Respiratory System Divided Anatomically Upper Respiratory Tract & Lower Tract and Function
4. Right & Left Lung Lobes and Function
5. Subdivisions of the lungs lobes and has function

 

Human Lungs

The lungs are organs that allow you to breathe and are located in the thoracic cavity on either side of the heart and near the backbone their bases sit on the diaphragm and their apex is extend into the root of the neck the lungs perform gas exchange in microscopic alveoli extracting oxygen from the air and transferring it to your bloodstream while releasing carbon dioxide.

 

Respiratory System Divided into Conducting Zone & Respiratory Zone

The respiratory system can be functionally divided into a conducting zone and a respiratory zone the conducting zone forms a continuous passage for air moving in and out of the lungs and includes the nose pharynx larynx bronchi and bronchioles the respiratory zone is found deep in the lungs and is involved in gas exchange this includes the respiratory bronchioles alveolar ducts and alveoli which are air sacs 100 to 300 micro meters wide that allow gas exchange.

Respiratory System Divided Anatomically Upper Respiratory Tract & Lower Tract

The respiratory system can also be divided anatomically into the upper and lower respiratory tracts the upper respiratory tract consists of structures in the head and neck in other words the nose pharynx and larynx the lower respiratory tract is located in the chest and includes the trachea bronchi bronchioles alveolar ducts and alveoli the lungs weigh around 1.3 kilograms and contain almost 2.5 thousand kilometers of Airways the right lung is larger and heavier than the left because the left needs to leave room for the heart.

 

Right & Left Lung Lobes

The right lung is subdivided into 3 lobes while the left has 2 however the left lung has a structure homologous to the middle lobe of the right lung on the left lung the upper lobe has a projection called the lingula the boundaries of these lobes are defined by fissures the right lung has two fissures one oblique and one horizontal the left lung has only an oblique fissure the main or primary bronchi enter the lungs at the hilum which is the area on the mediastinal surface of the lung through which structures enter and leave the lung these primary bronchi branch into lobar or secondary bronchi which supply air to each lobe of the lungs the secondary bronchi then branch into segmental or tertiary bronchi which supply air to broncho pulmonary segments.

 

Human lungs

Subdivisions of the lungs lobes

Which are subdivisions of the lobes a bronchopulmonary segment has its own segmental bronchus and arterial supply the bronchi branch into bronchioles the primary lobule otherwise called the asanas is the functional unit of the lung it is composed of a single terminal bronchial numerous respiratory bronchioles alveolar ducts alveolar sacs and around 10,000 alveoli pulmonary blood is delivered to it by a pulmonary arterial and taken away by a pulmonary vein you the alveoli are where gas exchange takes place they're 1/2 to 2 micrometer thick membranes form the blood air barrier together the 300 to 500 million alveoli in the lungs provide a huge surface for gas exchange elastic fibers allow the alveoli to expand on inhalation these bring back on exhalation to help expel carbon dioxide the lungs have a unique blood supply they have two forms of circulation pulmonary and bronchial the pulmonary circulation brings deoxygenated blood from the body to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries and returns it via pulmonary veins meanwhile the bronchial circulation provides oxygenated blood to the tissue of the lungs you might have pictured the lungs as large amorphous sacs without much shape but they have very specific indentations from surrounding structures the outer surface of the lungs faces the ribs which make light indentations on them the medial surfaces are even more interesting we can see impressions of the heart and the great vessels which are the large vessels that bring blood to and from the heart the lungs can't power the breathing process on their own but only expand with the expansion of the thoracic cavity instead muscles of respiration primarily the diaphragm drive breathing the broad concave surface of the lungs sits on the convex surface of the diaphragm the intercostal muscles pull the ribcage upwards the respiratory muscles relax when you breathe out when you've breathed out the volume of air remaining residual capacity or FRC which is around 2.5 to 3 liters in adult.

When you are exercising heavy breathing recruits accessory muscles in the neck and abdomen pulling the ribcage down upon exhalation and further decreasing the volume of the thoracic cavity to around one liter the movement of the lungs encounters little friction thanks to the plural sac this sac also divides the lungs into lobes the pleura are two serous membranes one lining the inner wall of the ribcage and one resting on the surface of the lungs between these membranes is the pleural cavity which contains pleural fluid for lubrication.

 

 

DR ABDUL WARIS PT