Fantasy Voyage from Femoral Vein to Right Lobe of the Lung

HS 130 Unit 4 Assignment Fantasy excursion and strife of the Lung Hello every wizard and welcome aboard I am S Y. with Voyage Health. Today, we lead embark together in my mini-sub and we shall travel finished the frame of this young lady named Lola. In this journey we will enter her be through the femoral vena and travel all the way to her lung. dashing Alert An alert just came and we are in for a surprise. bacterium have invaded Lolas lower lobe of her adept lung and we shall report the invasion and archive all we forgather. Lets retain.We are being injected into the femoral venous declination vessel tight-fitting to the groin area. The femoral mineral vein runs parallel with the femoral arterial blood vessel through the upper thigh and pelvic region of the system. (Yahoo Health, 2013) Being one of the larger veins in the remains, the femoral vein returns course into the leg to the summation through the iliac vein. Before we get to the iliac vein, we pass throug h the inguinal ligament that forms a band going from anterior gilt-edged iliac spine to the pubis ligament. The role of the inguinal ligament is to nourish the tissue safari between the trunk and the lower extremities. Yahoo Health, 2013) From the inguinal ligament, going north, we put one over the outer iliac vein which is a continuation of the femoral vein just above the inguinal ligament. Starting at the groin area, the extraneous iliac vein goes along the pelvic area. When it intersects with the subjective iliac vein , we will navigate East into the park iliac vein that functions to bolt the perineal regions. The iliac veins are joined together to form substandard vena cava. The inferior vena cava, also know as underside vena cava, is a vein that carries detype Oated blood from the lower body to the heart. (Yahoo Health, 2013).It runs tardily the abdominal cavity and alongside the expert vertebrae column of the spine and it carries blood from the lower body to the he art. (Yahoo Health, 2013) From here we thunder mug already see the heart. Isnt it fantastic? We are so close to the pith that keeps the human body alive. Once we enter it, we will experience first hand the compoposturee operation of this marvelous mechanism. Next stop. Right atrium. One of the four put up of the heart, the right atrium lets deoxygenated blood to pass through the tricuspid valve into the right heart heart ventricle and from there to the lung to oxygenate.The tricuspid valve, also known as right auriculoventricular valve is located between the two chambers and it looks like flaps that blocks blood flowing back into the atrium. (Yahoo Health, 2013) The right ventricle of the heart has the mission to pump the blood into the pulmonary artery via the pulmonary valve and pulmonary trunk right into the lungs. Ready to go through the pulmonary valve into the pulmonary artery? here we go Weeeee.. We are steps away from the approximately magnificent oxygen factory you h ave ever seen. Short and wide, the pulmonary artery begins at the base of the right ventricle and with a considerable size of 1. inches in diameter and 2. 0 inches in length. Interesting fact the pulmonary artery is one of the only arteries that carry deoxygenated blood. The other artery is the umbilical artery in the fetus. This is just several(prenominal)thing I remembered from an Anatomy class I apply to take in college. The main pulmonary artery extends from the right ventricle of the heart and branches into left and right pulmonary arteries. The left and right pulmonary arteries extend to the left lung and right lungs. (Bailey, Regina 2013) Now just relax and sit back. Enjoy the ride to the lungGoing through the Finally, as promised, welcome the most amazing oxygen factory of the human body The lung. Divided in two, the lung has 5 chambers, 3 on the right side and 2 on the left side. In the right side of the lung, we see the right superior lobe or the apex located right under the collarbone. The right midst lobe right below and what would be the name of the 3rd chamber? Right, the right inferior or lower lobe, also called the base shag anyone guesses why? Because it is broad and it rest on the diaphragm right around the seventh rib. Thibodeau, GA & Patton, KT, 2008) Our earlier alert lets us know that nasty bacteria have affected the right lower lobe of the lung. We need to watch cautiously what is happening and record everything. The body gives an alarm each time something distant enters it and tries to fight it. Alarm system? Yes. The immune system is our alarm system. The 2 types of unsusceptibility are specific and non-specific. The non-specific immunity, also called innate immunity confers everyday protection from any irritant or abnormal substance that threatens the internal environment. Thibodeau, GA & Patton, KT, 2008) For example, the skin and the mucus membrane are non-specific barriers to prevent bacterium from entering the body. A non- specific response is inflammatory response and it is most common immune response. Specific immunity, as the name says, provides specific protection against real types of invading bacteria or toxic materials. (Thibodeau, GA & Patton, KT, 2008) Also called accommodative immunity, specific immunity may be classified as natural or artificial. Natural immunity is non- dig exposure to disease agents and it can be active or passive.An example of passive natural immunity is the immunity given to the fetus by the mother. Artificial immunity is deliberate exposure to disease agents and one example is vaccine for polio. Afterwards, the person who has get the vaccine will have active artificial immunity. In Lolas case, her non-specific immunity kicked in when the bacteria invaded the lung. The white blood cells, monocytes and macrophages are in action These are natural killer cells that fight inflammation. Most likely, Lola will develop fever and the neutrophils are first to come in during inflammatory process.After the body starts to rec all over and the fever subdues, the lymphocytes will activate and create antibodies. That path that Lola will have specific immunity once this event is registered into the repositing cells. Seems that Lola will be on her way to recovery soon and we document the Battle of the Lung. Shall we continue our journey? The pathway out is through the scent and even though it might seem gross, we will see some very interesting things on the way out. Lets proceed Seat belts on, please We are passing through the alveolar membrane into the alveoli. Can you see the structure?They look like grapes and they are as many as 10 times larger than the entire resurrect area of the body. Together, the alveoli can cover 100 square meters. (Thibodeau, GA & Patton, KT, 2008) loss the grape shaped alveoli hindquarters we move to the bronchioles and then into the bronchi straight into the windpipe. The trachea is like the trunk of a tree upside down ho lding on each side the lungs and it is formed of 15-20 C-shaped rings of cartilage that protect the windpipe. It extends from the bronchi all the way up to the larynx in the neck over a length of approx. 4. 5 inches.From there, we move to the nasopharinx passing right behind the vocal cords, palatine tonsil, and lingual tonsil. Watch out The uvula Phew, that was a close one.. We are in the nasopharinx now and we can already see the light at the end of the tunnel. I mean, at the end of the nose. We can see the frontal, maxillary, sphenoidal and ethmoidal sinuses that help draining of the nose. Floating through the nasal septum into the external nostrils, we are at our final destination. Lets stop for a moment and take a deep breath. We got to admit the human body is quit fantastic.I hope you have enjoyed this journey as much as I did. And hopefully, Lola will recover from that bacterium soon. Thank you for your spirit of adventure. This is S Y. with Voyage Health. References Yahoo He alth, Femoral Vein (2013). Retrieved from http//health. yahoo. meshwork/human-body-maps/femoral-vein Yahoo Health, inguinal Ligament (2013). Retrieved from http//health. yahoo. net/human-body-maps/inguinal-ligament Yahoo Health, Inferior Vena Cava (2013), Retrieved from http//health. yahoo. net/human-body-maps/inferior-vena-cava Yahoo Health, Triscupid Valve(2013), Retrieved from ttp//health. yahoo. net/human-body-maps/tricuspid-valve Bailey Regina (2013), Pulmonary Artery, about. com guide. Article retrieved from http//biology. about. com/od/anatomy/ss/pulmonary_artery. htm Thibodeau, G. 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