Open AccessSensory structures of lungs and airways
Author(s) -
Л В Филиппова,
А. Д. Ноздрачев
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bûlletenʹ sibirskoj mediciny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1819-3684
pISSN - 1682-0363
DOI - 10.20538/1682-0363-2011-3-100-104
Subject(s) - sensory system , reflex , receptor , respiratory system , neuroscience , pulmonary stretch receptors , communication , biology , computer science , medicine , anatomy , psychology
The оptimum realization to respiratory function depends on varied sensory feedbacks from ensemble of the sources of the body. Pulmonary sensory receptors are the initiating sites for lung reflexes. The information arriving from lungs and airways information is one of the most important feedbacks that provide the adaptation of the respiratory centre for producing of the pattern optimal in terms of work and force of breathing. In article the review of currently existing data about morphology and functional characteristics of sensitive pulmonary structures is presented: slowly adapting stretch receptors, rapidly adapting receptors, C-fiber receptors and neuroepithelial bodies.