35: Pulmonary Pathophysiology - Tran Flashcards
most important factor in controlling breathing
increases in PCO2 level
look at slide 4
generation __ is the respiratory air way beginning
17
last conduction airway
terminal bronchiole, the next generation the respiratory bronchioles are gas exchange areas
4 obstructive diseases:
- bronchitis = inflammation of bronchial epithelium
- asthma, infection, decreased cilia function = secretions from epithelium
- asthma = constriction of smooth muscle
- tumors, aspiration = physical blockade
what level of airway has smooth muscle and no cartilage
bronchiole
most important factor in determining airway resistance
radius (to the power of 4)
see slide 7 for equation
parasympathetic ___ resistance, sympathetic ____ resistance
para - increase via M3 activation
symp - decrease via B2 activation
epinephrine and albuterol would _____ airway resistance
decrease - sympathetic activators
asthma and muscarinic agonists would _______ resistance
increase- parasymp activators
obstruction related to loss of lung parenchyma =
emphysema
how many generations of branching are there?
23
site of gas exchange =
respiratory membrane
** composition of respiratory membrane
- surfactant fluid layer
- alveolar epithelium
- epithelial basement membrane
- interstitial space
- capillary basement membrane
- capillary endothelial membrane
prominent cells of the interstitium
fibroblasts
produce collagen and elastin –> distensibility and elastic recoil of lungs
factors affecting gas diffusion across respiratory membrane =
- partial pressure difference b/w alveoli and blood
- surface area
- distance
what can change the partial pressure difference?
high altitude
- O2 mask
- restrictive lung disease
what can change the surface area?
atelectasis
tumor