Control of Respiratory Drive Flashcards
What are the central controllers of respiration?
Brainstem
Cortex
Limbic system, hypothalamus (lesser degree)
e.g.. fear and rage
What cranial nerves are the most important for respiration?
9 and 10
What has the voluntary control over breathing?
cerebral cortex
Other receptors (pain) and emotional stimuli acting through the hypothalamus can cause (blank)
increased respiratory rate
at the initiate of exercise you will have an increase in respiratory rate due to which receptors?
receptors in muscles and joints
What are the respiratory centers and where are they located?
the respiratory centers are the medulla and pons
They are located in the brainstem
Are the respiratory centers of the pons and medulla discrete nuclei?
no they are a poorly defined collection of neurons
What are the three main groups of neurons in the respiratory centers (pons and medulla)?
Medullary Respiratory Center (main headquarters)
Apneustic Center
Pneumotaxic Center
The pneumotaxic area, apneustic area, expiratory centre, and inspiratory centre are all parts of what?
the pons and medulla respiratory center
In the medullary respiratory center, there is an intrinsic respiratory rhythm generated by the (blank) (similiar to SA node in heart).
Pre-Botzinger Complex
What are the 2 main parts of the medullary respiratory center?
2 (overlapping) regions:
Dorsal Respiratory Group = inspiration
Ventral Respiratory Group = expiration
Where is the pre botzinger complex?
In the dosal respiratory group of the medullary respiratory center
Caudal to the Botzinger complex
Rostral to the Ventral Respiratory Group
located in the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla (RVLM)
What does this describe:
starts with a latent period
crescendo of action potentials
stronger inspiratory muscle activity (ramp-type pattern)
action potentials then cease
inspiratory muscle tone falls to pre-inspiratory level
Pre-botzinger complex
If you destroyed the nucleus ambiguous of the medullary respiratory center, what happens?
you will get respiratory failure such as bulbar poliomyelitis
What is the fasciculus solitariius?
part of medullary respiratory center that is a small collection of neuron
What is normal respiratory rate?
12-18 bpm
How does the pre-botzinger complex work?
it acts as a pacemaker so it starts with latent period, gets a crescendo of action potential, then you get a stronger INSPIRATORY muscle activity (ramp-like) then you action potential ceases and your inspiratory muscle tone falls to pre-inspiratory levels
What do peripheral chemoreceptors sense?
sense decreased O2, increased CO2,and increased H which will INCREASE respiration
What will stretch receptors in lung and irritant receptors in lungs do?
decrease respiration rate
The expiratory center of the respiratory center goes to what? What about the inspiratory center?
to expiratory muscles
to inspiratory muscles
Where is the pre-botzinger complex found?
in the medullary respiratory center
Where is the medullary respiratory center found?
the reticular formation below the fourth ventricle
The inspiratory ramp can be turned off by the (blank) center of the dorsal respiratory group which will do what to inspiration?
pneumotaxic center
inspiration will be shortened and the breathing rate will be increased
The dorsal respiratory group can be modulated by which nerves? Where do these nerves terminate?
glossopharyngeal (9) and vagal (10)
terminate in the tractus solitarus, close to the inspiratory centeri
In the human brain, the (blank) is a series of nuclei (clusters of nerve cell bodies) forming a vertical column of grey matter embedded in the medulla oblongata.
tractus solitaris
Afferent signals from airways (upper and lower), lungs, heart (& other visceral organs), and peripheral chemoreceptors terminate in (blank) which then go into tractus solitarus
CN IX and X,
The Dorsal Respiratory Group is involved in the generation of respiratory rhythm, and is primarily responsible for the generation of (blank). It is stimulated via the apneustic center which is responsible for appropriating responses to sensory information from chemoreceptors and mechanoreceptors in humans. It is inhibited by the (blank) center and (blank) stretch receptors.
inspiration
Pneumotaxic
pulmonary
Normally expiration (blank) but upon forceful expiration you will utilize accessory muscles
passive
More forceful breathing= increased activity of (blank)
expiratory cells
impulses from this center have an excitatory effect on the inspiratory center of the medulla
apneustic center
Where is the apneustic center?
at the lower pons
What does the pneumotaxic center do?
inhibits inspiration and controls inspiratory volume (secondarily: inspiratory rate)
Where is the pneumotaxic center located?
upper pons
What is a transection?
an irregular rate or depth of breathing such as gasping, ataxic or both
What is involved in fine tuning of respiratory rhythm?
pneumotaxic center (if its abilities are reduced, you normal respiratory rhythm will still be intact)
When you have transient apnea, what is the case?
lesion on temporal lobe
When you have permanent apnea, what is the cause?
problems in your lower pons and medulla (around nucleus ambiguus)
What is this:
lesion = diffuse cerebral cortex, diencephalon (pyramidal tracts)
Cheyne-stokes
What is central neuroggenic hyperventilation caused by?
medial reticular formation
What is Ondine’s curse (loss of automaticity) caused by?
medial reticular formation or anterolateral C2 (reticulospinal pathway from cordotomy)
What is this:
10-20 second periods of apnea followed by equal periods of hyperpnea
Seen with high altitude, severe heart disease, or severe neurological injury
unstable feedback in respiratory control system
Cheyne-Stokes Respiration