Arterial Blood Gases, Control of Respiration and Respiratory Adaptation at Altitude Flashcards
what conducts involuntary breathing
inspiratory and expiratory neurones
where are inspiratory and expiratory neurones found
PONS
Medulla oblongata
What nerves innervate the cerebral cortex and the hypothalamus
CN IX and X
What inputs from the cerebral cortex and hypothalamus can change the respiratory rate
Poutine respiratory centre -> medulla
What does the medulla stimulate or suppress
Voluntary control
Pain
Emotion
Temperature
What do dorsal respiratory group control
Inspiration
What do ventral respiratory group neurones control
Inspiration and expiration in active breathing
What is the pacemaker in the medulla
Central pattern generator which is in the ventral respiratory group
What does the central pattern generator do
Initiates breathing
What are the 2 respiratory control Centres in the brain stem
PON respiratory centres and medullary respiratory centres
What is the pons respiratory centres divided into
Pneomotaxic center
Apneustic center
What is the medullary respiratory center divided into
Dorsal and ventral respiratory group
What does the pontine respiratory center do
Inhibits and excited inspiration
What does the pneumotaxic centre do
Inhibits inspiration to allow expiration
What does the apneustic centre do
Excites inspiration to enhance breathing (gasps)
What do central chemoreceptors detect
PCO2 and pH
What does peripheral chemoreceptors detect
PCO2 pH and PO2
Where are central chemoreceptors found
Lie near the venterolateral surface of the medulla near the exit of CN IX and X
What is the blood brain barrier
Tight endothelial layer which separates the cerebrospinal fluid from blood
What is the blood brain barrier impermeable to
Charged molecules (H+ and HCO3-)
What is the blood brain barrier permeable to
CO2 so it can easily cross from blood to cerebral spinal fluid
What is the pH of the cerebral spinal fluid determined by
Arterial PCO2
is the pH of the cerebral spinal fluid affected by changes in blood pH
no
why does the cerebral spinal fluid have low buffering capacity
little protein
what are neurones in the central chemoreceptors sensitive to
CO2
what are the neurones in the central chemoreceptors less sensitive to
H+
what does an increase in CO2 in the cerebral spinal fluid cause
an increase in minute ventilation (VE)