RT Book, Section
A1 Issa, Nicolas C.
A1 Baden, Lindsey R.
A2 Sugarbaker, David J.
A2 Bueno, Raphael
A2 Colson, Yolonda L.
A2 Jaklitsch, Michael T.
A2 Krasna, Mark J.
A2 Mentzer, Steven J.
A2 Williams, Marcia
A2 Adams, Ann
SR Print(0)
ID 1105844100
T1 Lung Infections and Interstitial Lung Disease: Overview and General Approach
T2 Adult Chest Surgery, 2e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178189-3
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105844100
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  respiratory  tract  (Fig.  102-1)  is  in  constant  contact  with  the  environment  and  exposed  to  direct  inoculation  by  infectious  and  noninfectious  agents.  To  defend  itself  against  these  agents,  the  respiratory  tract  is  equipped  with  several  types  of  defense  mechanisms  including  both  mechanical  and  immune-mediated  mechanisms.  Large  size  airborne  particles  (>5  microns)  are  filtered  by  the  nose  and  are  trapped  by  the  nasal  cilia.  Intermediate  size  (1–5  microns)  particles  are  deposited  in  the  trachea  and  bronchi,  and  small  size  particles  (0.01–1  microns)  and  infectious  agents  often  are  deposited  in  the  bronchioles  and  the  alveolar  space  (Fig.  102-2).