EXAM #2 Flashcards
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Lymphatic system functions:
1. collects _ _ from tissues, circulates it through the lymphatic vessels, and delivers it to the _ system
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- interstitial fluids
- cardiovascular
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Lymphatic system functions:
2. contains cells. tissues, and organs that participate in the _ mechanisms protecting the body against disease
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defense
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Lymph - fluid in the lymph vessels:
- interstitial fluid is collected and returned to _ by lymph vessels
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veins
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Lymph - fluid in the lymph vessels:
- interstitial fluid is produced at the capillary beds when the water and small solutes of plasma are _ _ of capillaries into tissues but large _ remain in plasma
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- forced out
- proteins
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Lymph - forces in play at capillary beds:
Blood pressure (capillary hydrostatic pressure)
- force that _ water and solutes _ from plasma to interstitial spaces
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- pushes
- out
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Lymph - forces in play at capillary beds:
Osmotic pressure - _ force
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diffusion
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Lymph - forces in play at capillary beds:
Osmotic pressure - diffusion force
- force that _ water out of interstitial fluids across capillary walls _ _
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- pulls
- into plasma
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Lymph - forces in play at capillary beds:
Osmotic pressure - diffusion force
- average of _ mm Hg in plasma
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25
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Lymph - capillary filtration and reabsorption:
_ occurs on arterial side of capillary beds when blood pressure is higher (~35 mm Hg) than osmotic pressure (~ 25 mm Hg)
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filtration
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Lymph - capillary filtration and reabsorption:
Filtration = water and solutes are _ _
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pushed out
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Lymph - capillary filtration and reabsorption:
_ occurs on venous side of capillary beds where blood pressure is less (~18 mm Hg) than osmotic pressure (~25 mm Hg)
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reabsorption
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Lymph - capillary filtration and reabsorption:
Reabsorption = water and small solutes are drawn _ _ the capillaries from the interstitial fluid
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back into
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Lymph - capillary filtration and reabsorption:
Occurs on the venous side of capillary beds
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reabsorption
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Lymph - capillary filtration and reabsorption:
Occurs on arterial side of capillary beds
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filtration
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Lymph:
The difference between blood pressure pushing fluids and osmotic pressure pulling fluids in
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Net filtration pressure
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Lymph:
Capillary hydrostatic pressure (CHP) (blood pressure) pushing fluids out
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net hydrostatic pressure
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Lymph:
Blood colloidal osmotic pressure (BCOP) pulling water in
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net osmotic pressure
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Lymph:
Net filtration =
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BP - OP
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Lymph:
NFP on arterial side = _ - _
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35 mm Hg - 25 mm Hg
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Lymph:
NFP on arterial side
- _ liters per day filtered out into interstitial space
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Lymph:
NFP on venous side = _ - _
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18 mm Hg - 25 mm Hg
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Lymph:
NFP on venous side
- _ liters per day reabsorbed from interstitial space
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20.4
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Lymph ~ _ collected as lymph
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3.6 liters/day
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Lymph - Disturbance of forces affects levels of interstitial fluids by:
- due to dehydration, hemorrhage
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recall of fluids
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Lymph - Disturbance of forces affects levels of interstitial fluids by:
- abnormal accumulation of fluids
edema
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Lymph - Disturbance of forces affects levels of interstitial fluids by:
- Edema at an injury site - swelling
- tissue osmotic pressure _ _ if capillary is broken and plasma proteins leak out
- Blood osmotic pressure is _ than normal
- goes up
- lower
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Lymph - Disturbance of forces affects levels of interstitial fluids by:
- Edema in starvation
- blood osmotic pressure _ _ because liver makes _ blood proteins
- goes down
- fewer
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Lymphatic system:
Defense mechanisms of the body
- protect body from pathogens (disease producing organisms)
- protect body from foreign substances (toxins, pollens)
- protect body from abnormal cells of the body (cancer, virus infected cells)
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Lymphatic system:
Defense mechanisms of the body
- prevent or slow entry of harmful substance
- detect and destroy harmful substances in the body, regardless of identity
non-specific defenses (innate)
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Lymphatic system:
Defense mechanisms of the body
- cell-mediated and antibody-mediated immune response by lymphocytes
- identity of substance determines response
specific defenses (adaptive)
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Lymphatic system:
Defense mechanisms of the body
- Both _ _ and _ _ are needed to provide adequate resistance to disease
- non-specific defenses (innate)
- specific defenses (adaptive)
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Lymphatic system:
Defense mechanisms of the body
- specific defenses (adaptive) cell-mediated and antibody-mediated immune response by _
lymphocytes
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Lymphatic system:
Non-specific defenses
- physical barriers keep hazardous organisms _ of body
outside
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Lymphatic system:
Non-specific defenses - physical barriers
- intact skin
- mucous membranes
mechanical barriers
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Lymphatic system:
Non-specific defenses - physical barriers
- tears
-saliva
-urine
flushing of surfaces
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Lymphatic system:
Non-specific defenses - physical barriers
- sebum, perspiration
- digestive secretions, mucus
secretions
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Lymphatic system:
Non-specific defenses - 3 physical barriers
1. mechanical barriers (skin)
2. flushing of surfaces (tears)
3. secretions (sweat)
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Lymphatic system:
Non-specific defenses
- types of phagocytes
- monocyte/macrophage
- neutrophils and eosinophils
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Lymphatic system:
Non-specific defenses - phagocytes
- location
in lymphoid diffuse tissue, spleen and nodes
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Lymphatic system:
Non-specific defenses - phagocytes
- location in bloodstream and tissues
migrate out of bloodstream at sites of infection or injury
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Lymphatic system:
Non-specific defenses - phagocytes
- _ _ _ cellular debris and pathogens
engulf and destroy
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Constant _ of tissues by natural killer cells
monitoring
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_ respond to
- foreign cell surfaces markers in cell membrane of foreign cells
- vital markers on virus-infected cells
- tumor-specific markers on neoplastic cells
NK cells
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Nk cells release _ by exocytosis causing _ of foreign and abnormal cells
- perforins
- lysis
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Non-specific defenses:
Inflammation
- Damaged cells release prostaglandins which activate _ _ and pain receptors
mast cells
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Non-specific defenses:
Inflammation
- _ _ release
Mast cells
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Non-specific defenses:
Inflammation
- Capillaries _and become more _
- Increased blood flow produces redness and warmth in the tissues
- Increased permeability causes swelling (edema)
- dilate
- permeable
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Non-specific defenses:
Inflammation
- Phagocytic cells (neutrophils and macrophages) are attracted by _ and _
- Help destroy pathogens and remove cellular debris
- prostaglandins
- histamines
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Non-specific defenses:
Fever
- maintenance of body temperature above _
37.2 degrees celsius (99 deg F)
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Non-specific defenses:
Fever
- _ reset the body's "thermostat" and raise body temperature
- Pathogens, toxins, antigen-antibody complexes
- Interleukin-1 from activated macrophages
pyrogens
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Non-specific defenses:
Fever
- High temperatures can inhibit some pathogens
- _ proteins
denature
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Non-specific defenses:
Fever
- High temperatures increase metabolic rate in body cells
- _ activity of phagocytes, repair of damaged tissue
accelerate
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Non-specific defenses:
Interferons
- small proteins released by
- activated lymphocytes
- activated macrophages
- virally infected cells
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Lymphoid organs, tissues and vessels functions:
- _ of body fluids to trap microorganisms and detect signs of tissue infections
- in some cases, germinal sites for maturation of lymphocytes
filtration
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Lymphatic network of vessels:
- Right and left lymphatic ducts return lymph to right and left _
subclavian veins
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Lymphatic network of vessels:
- Lymphatic vessels carry lymph from tissues back to the _ system
venous
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Lymphatic network of vessels:
- Lymphatic vessels contain _ to keep lymph flowing toward heart
valves
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Lymphatic network of vessels:
- Lymph is moved as _ _ _ _ by movement of nearby muscles (same mechanism as blood flow in veins)
lymph vessels are squeezed
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Lymphoid organs:
- _ is located behind sternum in anterior mediastinum - larger during _
- thymus
- childhood
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Lymphoid organs:
- _ is the site for production of _ which are responsible for cell-mediated immune response
- thymus
- T-lymphocytes
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Lymphoid organs:
What is responsible for cell-mediated immune response
T-lymphocytes
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Lymphoid organs:
- _ uses filtration of _ to trap microorganisms & detect signs of tissue infections
- lymph nodes
- lymph
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Lymphoid organs:
- Large nodes are located at junction of smaller lymph vessels with central trunks
- Enlargement usually indicates inflammation in tissues of that region
- "swollen glands"
lymph nodes
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Lymphoid organs:
- _ uses filtration of _ to trap microorganisms & detect signs of tissue infections
- Removal of abnormal cells and other blood
components
- spleen
- blood
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Lymphoid organs:
- Largest lymphoid organ, located to left of the stomach
spleen
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Lymphoid tissue:
_ lymphatic tissues and lymphoid nodules
Diffuse
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Lymphoid tissue:
- Located under mucosal layers of all passageways that _ _ _ _
- Functions to trap microorganisms & detect signs of tissue infections in mucosal layers
Lymphoid tissue
- Reproductive - Respiratory
- Urinary - Digestive
open to the outside
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Diffuse Lymphoid tissue:
- collections of _
nodules
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Diffuse Lymphoid tissue:
Collections of nodules
- appendix
- Tonsils (2 _, 1 _, 2 _)
- 2 palatine
- 1 pharyngeal
- 2 lingual
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Defense mechanisms of the body:
Specific defenses (immune response)
- Protect against _ _
particular threats
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Defense mechanisms of the body:
Specific defenses (immune response)
- Depend upon the activation of _ & _ _
- B & T lymphocytes
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Defense mechanisms of the body:
Specific defenses (immune response)
- Depend upon the activation of B & T lymphocytes
- Activation causes _ _ and large increase in population of B & T lymphocytes specific for that pathogen or abnormal cell
- Activation is multiple step, complex process to provide _
- cell division
- control
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Defense mechanisms of the body:
Specific defenses (immune response)
- Attack abnormal cells
Cytotoxic T-cells
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Defense mechanisms of the body:
Specific defenses (immune response)
- activate B cells and stimulate Tc cells
Helper T-cells
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Defense mechanisms of the body:
Specific defenses (immune response)
- Types of T-cells
- cytotoxic T-cells
- Helper T-cells
- Suppressor (regulatory) T-cells
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Defense mechanisms of the body:
Specific defenses (immune response)
- Differentiate into plasma cells which produce and secrete antibodies
B cells
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Specific defenses B & T lymphocyte activation:
- activated by contact with _
antigens
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Specific defenses B & T lymphocyte activation:
- _ = chemical targets that stimulate immune response
- Most are foreign proteins
- some lipids, polysaccharides and nucleic acids can also be antigenic
antigens
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Specific defenses B & T lymphocyte activation:
- Each lymphocyte can respond to only _ _ _
one unique antigen
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T cells are activated by exposure to an _
antigen
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T cells are activated by exposure to an antigen:
- Antigen must be presented on cell _ of human cell
surface
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T cells are activated by exposure to an antigen:
- _ body cells such as cancer cells or virus infected cell
- Antigens displayed on cell membrane
abnormal
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T cells are activated by exposure to an antigen:
- Invading pathogens such as bacteria or viruses or eukaryotic parasites
- Digested by _
* Fragments (antigens) displayed on phagocyte cell membrane T cells are activated by exposure to an antigen
phagocytes
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_ glycoproteins (Major Histocompatibility
Complex)
- Display antigens to mark cell for immune system recognition
MHC
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Antigen presentation by MHC
glycoprotein:
- Antigen-glycoprotein combination appears on a _ _
cell membrane
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Antigen presentation by MHC
glycoprotein:
- T-cells _ _ _ _ are activated upon contact with MHC-antigen complex
specific for the antigen
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Found in membranes of nucleated body cells
Class I MHC proteins
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Class I MHC proteins:
- Pick up small peptides in cell and carry them to the _
surface
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Class I MHC proteins:
- T cells ignore normal peptides
- _ _ or viral proteins activate T cells to
destroy cell
abnormal peptides
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In cell membranes of B lymphocytes
Class II MHC proteins
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Class II MHC proteins:
- In cell membranes of _ (Antigen-presenting cells)
- Present foreign antigens
- Bacteria, parasites, chemicals, etc.
phagocytes
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Also called cluster of differentiation markers
In T cell membranes
CD markers
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CD markers:
- Found on Cytotoxic T cells and regulatory T cells
- Respond to antigens on class I MHC proteins
CD 8
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CD markers:
CD 8
- Found on _ _ and regulatory T cells
cytotoxic T-cells
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CD markers:
CD 8
- Respond to antigens on _ _ _ proteins
class I MHC
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CD markers:
- Found on helper T-cells
- Respond to antigens on class II MHC proteins
CD 4 markers
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CD markers:
CD 4
- Found on _ _
helper T-cells
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CD markers:
CD 4
- Respond to antigens on _ _ _ proteins
class II MHC
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Nonspecific Defenses:
_ trigger the production of antiviral proteins that interfere with viral reproduction inside cells
Interferons
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Nonspecific Defenses:
Interferons trigger the production of antiviral proteins that interfere with _ _ inside cells
viral reproduction
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How is filtration pressure impacted by dehydration?
Filtration pressure (FP) decreases due to increase in osmotic pressure (OP)
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Nonspecific Defenses:
Complement system
- chain reaction involving _ _ _ _
~11 plasma complement proteins (C)
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Nonspecific Defenses:
Complement system
- Destroy target cell membranes by creating _
pores
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Nonspecific Defenses:
Complement system
- stimulate _
- Attract phagocytes & enhance _
- inflammation
- phagocytosis
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Nonspecific Defenses:
Complement system
- creates a cell with a hole (pore) which causes fluid to rush in and _
lyse (explode)
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Non specific immune defense includes all but which of the following?
- fever,
- natural killer cells
- phagocytes
- antibodies
antibodies
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How do natural killer cells help fight cancer?
They release perforin causing the cancer cell to lyse
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True about _ proteins
- found in all cells; present antigens if cell is abnormal
- involved primarily with the activation of cytotoxic CD8 T-cells
MHC I
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_ = abnormal - gets destroyed - "death" killer T's
_ = doing its job
- class I MHC
- class II MHC
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3 Major types of T lymphocytes
1. cytotoxic T cells
2. Helper T cells
3. Regulatory (suppressor) T cells
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Major types of T lymphocytes:
- cell-mediated immune response
- attack abnormal body cells
Cytotoxic T cells (TC)
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Major types of T lymphocytes:
Cytotoxic T cells (TC)
- cell-mediated immune response
- attack abnormal _ _
body cells
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Major types of T lymphocytes:
- activate B cells & stimulate cell division of other T cells
- Attack foreign cells and antigens
Helper T cells (TH)
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Major types of T lymphocytes:
Helper T cells (TH)
- activate B cells & stimulate cell division of other T cells
- Attack _ & _
foreign cells & antigens
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Major types of T lymphocytes:
- control or moderate immune response of T and B lymphocytes
Regulatory (Suppressor) T cells
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Major types of T lymphocytes:
Regulatory (Suppressor) T cells
- control or moderate immune response of _
T and B lymphocytes
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Activate Helper T cells _ which then activates _
- first
- B cells
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Cell-mediated Immunity
Cytotoxic T cells (TC)
- _ _ cells specific for many different antigens present in blood and lymphoid tissues waiting for _
- inactive TC
- activation
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Cell-mediated Immunity
Cytotoxic T cells (TC)
- Activated by binding to _ – antigen complex on abnormal cells
Class I MHC
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Cell-mediated Immunity
Cytotoxic T cells (TC)
- Have _ marker which responds to Class I MHC proteins
CD 8
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Cell-mediated Immunity
Cytotoxic T cells (TC)
- Have CD 8 marker which responds to _ proteins
Class I MHC
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Activation of TC cells initiates _ _ _ against cells with that specific antigen
cell-mediated immune response
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Activated Cytotoxic T cells undergo rapid cell division to produce:
- Active Cytotoxic T cells (TC cells)
- Memory TC cells (inactive TC cells)
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Activated Cytotoxic T cells undergo rapid cell division to produce:
- seek out and destroy abnormal cells by releasing destructive chemicals
Active Cytotoxic T cells (TC cells)
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Activated Cytotoxic T cells undergo rapid cell division to produce:
- protect against previously encountered antigens and may provide lifetime protection against some pathogens
Memory TC cells (inactive TC cells)
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To destroy target cell, an active cytotoxic T cell may:
- Release _ and activate genes in target cell to trigger apoptosis
- Secrete poisonous lymphotoxin
cytokines
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To destroy target cell, an active cytotoxic T cell may:
- Release _ to destroy target cell’s plasma membrane
perforins
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Helper T cells (TH cells)
- Activated by binding to _ – antigen complex
Class II MHC
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Helper T cells (TH cells)
- Have _ marker which responds to _ proteins
- CD 4
- class II MHC
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Helper T cells (TH cells)
- Have CD 4 marker which responds to class II MHC proteins
- Activation of TH cell stimulates cell division to produce _ & _
active TH cells & memory TH cells
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Helper T cells (TH cells)
Active Helper T cells release chemicals (cytokines) that:
- Activate _
- Stimulate _
- B cells
- Tc cells
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Antibodies are Y-shaped proteins consisting of:
Two parallel pairs of _ _
polypeptide chains
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Antibodies are Y-shaped proteins consisting of:
Two parallel pairs of polypeptide chains
- _ region and _ region
Constant region & variable region
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Antibody structure:
Antigen _ on two tops of the Y
binding site
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Antibodies are Y-shaped proteins consisting of:
Two parallel pairs of polypeptide chains
- _ region determines class
Constant region
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Antibodies are Y-shaped proteins consisting of:
Two parallel pairs of polypeptide chains
- _ region determines specificity
variable region
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The 5 classes of antibodies
1. IgG
2. IgE
3. IgD
4. IgM
5. IgA
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Classes of antibodies:
Resistance against many viruses, bacteria, and bacterial toxins
- small, can cross placenta barrier
- * main player
- mounting a full attack
IgG
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Classes of antibodies:
Resistance against many viruses, bacteria, and bacterial toxins
IgG
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Classes of antibodies:
Accelerates local inflammation
IgE
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Classes of antibodies:
Accelerates local inflammation
- allergies
- inappropriate reaction
- embed in mast cells -- heparin
IgE
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Classes of antibodies:
Found on the surface of B cells
IgD
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Classes of antibodies:
First type secreted after antigen arrives
IgM
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Classes of antibodies:
First type secreted after antigen arrives
- 1st!
- Big (anti-A, anti-B)
- coming down with in
IgM
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Classes of antibodies:
Primarily found in glandular secretions
- sweat, tears, breast milk
IgA
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Respiration:
_ _ = Pulmonary ventilation (breathing)
- air moving into and out of lungs
- Controlled by voluntary muscle and smooth muscle
External respiration
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Respiration:
External respiration = Pulmonary ventilation (breathing)
- air moving into and out of lungs
- Controlled by _ muscle and _ muscle
- voluntary
- smooth
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Respiration:
_ _ = Cellular respiration
- Use of O2 & production of CO2 in cells
Internal respiration
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Respiration:
Internal respiration = Cellular respiration
- Use of _ & production of _ in cells
- O2
- CO2
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Functions of the respiratory tract in pulmonary ventilation:
- Large respiratory surface for _ of gasses
between lungs and blood
exchange
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Functions of the respiratory tract in pulmonary ventilation:
- Conduction of air into & out of lungs
- Requires assistance of thoracic and abdominal muscles
- _ air passing to and from the alveoli
conditioning
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Respiratory epithelium lines inner surface of respiratory passageways
Respiratory Mucosa
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Respiratory Mucosa:
Respiratory epithelium lines inner surface of respiratory passageways
- _ vascularized
- _ epithelium
- _ producing cells
- highly
- ciliated
- mucus
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Respiratory Mucosa:
Helps _, _, & _ incoming air
warm, filter, and humidify
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Respiratory Mucosa:
- Provides _ system to keep foreign matter out of alveoli
“respiratory defense”
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_ is from larynx to bronchi
trachea
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Trachea:
_ controlled by C-shaped tracheal cartilages and by smooth muscle
diameter
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Trachea:
Primary bronchi and secondary bronchi
- Walls contain cartilage & smooth muscle
- _ control of smooth muscle
ANS
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Respiratory tract:
- Walls are smooth muscle, no cartilage
- Dilation and constriction controlled by ANS
Bronchioles
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Bronchioles:
- Asthma results from too much _
bronchoconstriction
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Bronchioles terminate in multiple _ (air sacks)
alveoli
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Bronchioles terminate in multiple alveoli (air sacks)
- Respiratory exchange surfaces
- _ surrounding each alveolus
capillaries
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Cells of the alveolar wall
- Epithelial cells (pneumocyte I)
- Septal (pneumocyte II) cells
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Cells of the alveolar wall:
Alveolar macrophages
- Patrol epithelium and engulf foreign particles
Epithelial cells (pneumocyte I)
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Cells of the alveolar wall:
- Produce surfactant – reduces surface tension of water
- Lack of surfactant can cause respiratory
distress syndrome
Septal (pneumocyte II) cells
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Cells of the alveolar wall:
Septal (pneumocyte II) cells
- Produce _ – reduces surface tension of water
- Lack of surfactant can cause _
- surfactant
- respiratory distress syndrome
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Gas exchange between alveolus & blood:
CO2 and O2 move by _
diffusion
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Gas exchange between alveolus & blood:
CO2 and O2 move by diffusion
- Cross the _
“respiratory membrane”
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Gas exchange between alveolus & blood:
_ epithelium
* Endothelial cell lining an adjacent capillary
* Fused basal laminae
Simple squamous
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Gas exchange between alveolus & blood:
“Respiratory membrane” is _ in thickness
~0.5μm
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Response to an antigen:
Primary response
- Requires activation of the _ number of _ B & T cells specific for that antigen
- small
- inactive
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Response to an antigen:
Primary response
- Activated B & T cells undergo many cell divisions to build up large populations of cells
targeting that antigen
- Takes about _ weeks to develop
two
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Response to an antigen:
Secondary response
- Requires activation of the _ number of inactive B & T memory cells specific for that
antigen
large
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Response to an antigen:
Secondary response
- Activated B & T cells undergo only a few cell divisions to build up large populations of cells targeting that antigen
- Takes only a _ to develop a strong response
few days
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Development of active immunity after first exposure (you make memory cells)
Acquired immunity
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Acquired immunity:
- Naturally acquired = _
directly exposed
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Acquired immunity:
- Induced immunity = via _
vaccination
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temporary protection provided by transfer of antibodies from another source
Passive immunity
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- Clinical treatment – rabies treatment,
antivenom, etc. (borrowing antibodies)
- Fetus and neonate – ABs from mother
Passive immunity
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- A malfunction of system that recognizes and destroys “normal” antigens
- Activated B cells make autoantibodies against body cells
Auto-immune Disorders
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Auto-immune Disorders: Excessive activity
-_ - insulin-producing cells of pancreas
- Multiple sclerosis - myelin sheaths of axons of CNS
- Celiac disease – bowel tissue after exposure to gluten
- Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus) - varies
Diabetes, type 1
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Immune system disorders: Excessive activity
Inappropriate or excessive immune response to allergens
Allergies
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Immune system disorders: Excessive activity
antigens that trigger allergic responses
Allergens
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Immune system disorders: Excessive activity
most common type of allergic response
Immediate Hypersensitivity (hay fever, mild allergy)
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Immune system disorders: Excessive activity
Immediate Hypersensitivity (hay fever, mild allergy)
- _ produced by activation of IgE antibodies attached to mast cells
- Allergic rhinitis, Hives
inflammation
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Immune system disorders: Excessive activity
- Circulating allergen affects IgE on mast cells
throughout body
- Causes high levels of histamine release
Anaphylaxis
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Immune system disorders: Excessive activity
Anaphylaxis
- Circulating allergen affects IgE on mast cells
throughout body
- Causes high levels of _ release
histamine
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Immune system disorders: Excessive activity
Anaphylaxis
- Can cause _ making breathing very difficult
bronchial constriction
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Immune system disorders: Excessive activity
- life threatening extensive peripheral vasodilation leading to fall in blood pressure and circulatory collapse
Anaphylactic shock
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Immune system disorders: Excessive activity
Anaphylactic shock
- life threatening extensive peripheral _ leading to fall in blood pressure and circulatory collapse
vasodilation
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Immune system disorders: Excessive activity
Anaphylactic shock
- Epinephrine (epi-pen) needed to cause _ which causes resistance in blood flow and increases heart rate to normal again
vasoconstriction
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Immune system disorders: Excessive activity
Organ transplantation
- to assess the similarity between the MHC class I & class II proteins of donor & recipient
Tissue typing
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Immune system disorders: Excessive activity
Organ transplantation
- Tissue typing
- to assess the similarity between the _ proteins of donor & recipient
MHC class I & class II
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Immune system disorders: Excessive activity
- T cells are activated by MHC proteins that appear to be “non-self”
- immune response attacks cells of transplanted graft or organ
Organ rejections
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Immune system disorders: Excessive activity
Organ rejections
- _ are activated by MHC proteins that appear to be “non-self”
- immune response attacks cells of transplanted graft or organ
T cells
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Immune system disorders: Insufficient activity
Immunodeficiency
- Disorders of embryologic development of _
- Severe combined immunodeficiency disease
lymphoid tissue
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Immune system disorders: Insufficient activity
Immunodeficiency
- Exposure to _ or _ that damages the immune system
toxins or radiation
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Immune system disorders: Insufficient activity
Immunodeficiency
- _ that suppress immune system
- People with autoimmune breakouts use (Chromes disease)
Drugs
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Immune system disorders: Insufficient activity
Immunodeficiency
- Infection with _ that depresses immune function
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
viruses
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Immune system disorders: Insufficient activity
Immunodeficiency
Retrovirus
- Genetic information is RNA
- Requires reverse transcriptase to replicate
- mutates frequently
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
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Immune system disorders: Insufficient activity
Immunodeficiency
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infects _
helper T cells
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Immune system disorders: Insufficient activity
Immunodeficiency
Late stage HIV disease is _
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)
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HIV and AIDS
- Tc and B cell response to pathogens are severely _
depressed
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HIV and AIDS
The virus does not cause death _
directly
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HIV and AIDS
Death due to _ illnesses such as opportunistic
infections or cancer
- 770 000 people died from HIV-related causes in 2018 and 1.7 million people were newly infected
secondary
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Stress and reduced immune response:
- Stress triggers release of _ (corticosteroids) from adrenal gland
glucocorticoid hormones
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Stress and reduced immune response:
- _ reduce B & T lymphocyte activity and depress the inflammatory response
- Lowers resistance to disease
- Slows wound healing
Glucocorticoids
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Stress and reduced immune response:
Glucocorticoids reduce _ and depress the inflammatory response
B & T lymphocyte activity
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A blood test shows a high IgM titer for the measles virus. This indicates that the individual
is just coming down with the measles
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Allergic reaction is what type of Ig?
IgE
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What factors makes gas diffusion across the respiratory membrane so efficient?
large surface area, many small alveoli (less "space")
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If your alveoli surface area were to be spread out, it would cover the size of a _
tennis court (has a lot of surface area)
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Lung tissue is spongy & elastic but has no ability to expand or contract _
on its own
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Lungs covered by a two-layered pleura
- Parietal
- Visceral
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Lungs covered by a two-layered pleura
- Attaches to the walls of the pleural cavity
Parietal
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Lungs covered by a two-layered pleura:
- Adheres to surface of the lungs
Visceral
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lubrication between the parietal and visceral pleura creates a strong fluid bond
- Keeps lungs expanded
- Pneumothorax leads to collapsed lung
Pleural fluid
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Pleural fluid – lubrication between the parietal and visceral pleura creates a strong _
fluid bond
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Pulmonary Ventilation:
Air moves in and out of lungs along an _
- High pressure to low pressure
air pressure gradient
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Pulmonary Ventilation:
Pressure gradient created by increasing and
decreasing _ of lungs - when one increases, the other decreases
volume
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Pulmonary Ventilation:
- Increases & decreases in volume of lungs created by _ of thoracic cavity
changing sizes
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Pulmonary Ventilation:
- Increases & decreases in volume of lungs created by changing size of thoracic cavity
- Thoracic and abdominal _ increase or decrease thoracic cavity
muscles
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Movement of air depends upon _
- Pressure and volume - inverse relationship
(P=1/V)
- increased pressure = decreased volume
- Volume depends on movement of diaphragm and ribs
Boyle’s Law
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Air movement:
Pressure _ between air outside body and air in lungs (intrapulmonary pressure)
difference
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Air movement:
Pressure difference between air outside body and air in lungs (intrapulmonary pressure)
- determines _ and rate of airflow in respiratory tract
direction
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Air movement:
- Diaphragm and external intercostal muscles contract
- Volume in thoracic cavity increases
- Pressure therefore decreases
- Air flows in
inhalation
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Air movement:
Inhalation
- Diaphragm and external intercostal muscles contract
- Volume in thoracic cavity _
- Pressure therefore _
- Air flows in
- increases
- decreases
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Air movement:
- Diaphragm and external intercostal muscles relax
- Volume in thoracic cavity decreases
- Pressure therefore increases
- Air flows out
exhalation
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Air movement:
Exhalation
- Diaphragm and external intercostal muscles relax
- Volume in thoracic cavity _
- Pressure therefore _
- Air flows out
- decreases
- increases
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Air movement:
Diaphragm and external intercostal muscles relax
Exhalation
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Air movement:
Diaphragm and external intercostal muscles contract
Inhalation
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Inhalation is _
always active
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Exhalation can be _
active or passive
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Quiet breathing
- Diaphragm and external intercostals muscles for inhaling
Passive exhaling (sleeping)
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Forced breathing
- Accessory muscles assist with inhaling and
exhaling
Active exhaling (running)
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External intercostal muscles move _ during breathing
up & out (inhalation)
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Internal intercostal muscles move _
down & in (forced/active breathin)
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Pulmonary Ventilation:
_ pressure gradient in quiet breathing
small
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Pulmonary Ventilation:
Atmospheric pressure at sea level= _
760 mm Hg
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Pulmonary Ventilation:
Inspiration - increase in volume _ pressure inside airways of lungs to 759 mm Hg
reduces
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Pulmonary Ventilation:
Increase in volume reduces pressure inside airways of lungs to 759 mm Hg
Inspiration
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Pulmonary Ventilation:
Expiration - decrease in volume _ pressure inside airways of lungs to 761 mm Hg
increases
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Pulmonary Ventilation:
Decrease in volume increases pressure inside airways of lungs to 761 mm Hg
Expiration
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Pulmonary Ventilation:
_ can be produced with forced breathing
Large pressure gradient
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Higher elevation = _
less pressure (less air molecules)
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air volume moved during one respiratory cycle under resting conditions
Resting tidal volume
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Resting tidal volume - _ at rest
500 ml
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maximum amount of air that can be moved
during one respiratory cycle
- Varies based on physical size of lungs and lung compliance (expandibility)
Vital capacity
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Vital capacity - ~_ ml – _ ml
~3400 ml – 4800 ml
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Total lung capacity is _ plus _, air that remains in lungs after maximal exhalation
- vital capacity
- residual volume
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vital capacity plus residual volume, air that remains in lungs after maximal exhalation
Total lung capacity
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Total lung capacity - _ ml - _ ml
~4500 ml - 6000 ml
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To meet oxygen demands of body:
Vary the number of _ per minute
- Increase or decrease _
- breaths
- respiratory rate
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To meet oxygen demands of body:
Vary the _ moved per breath
- Increase or decrease _
- amount of air
- tidal volume
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To meet oxygen demands of body
- vary the number of breaths per minute
- vary the amount of air moved per breath
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Respiratory centers of the brainstem:
- always active
- stimulates inhalation muscles
DRG Inspiratory Center
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Respiratory centers of the brainstem:
- Active only during forced breathing
- Stimulates accessory muscles for active
exhalation, assist with inhalation
VRG Inspiratory and Expiratory Centers
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Respiratory centers of the brainstem:
- adjusts depth of breathing
Apneustic Center
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Respiratory centers of the brainstem:
- adjusts rate of breathing
Pneumotaxic Center
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4 Respiratory centers of the brainstem
1. DRG Inspiratory Center
2. VRG Inspiratory and Expiratory Centers
3. Apneustic Center
4. Pneumotaxic Center
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Chemoreceptor reflexes:
Basic respiratory rate can be modified in
response to input from _ receptors
to maintain homeostatic levels of O2 and
CO2
sensory
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_ reflexes dominate
CO2
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Chemoreceptor reflexes:
CO2 reflexes dominate
- CO2 receptors are _ than receptors for O2
more sensitive
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Chemoreceptor reflexes:
High levels of PCO2 of arterial blood
- decrease in blood pH (acidosis)
Hypercapnia disorders
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Chemoreceptor reflexes:
Hypercapnia disorders
- _ caused by cardiovascular or pulmonary disorders
- Over time, accommodation results in _ of CO2 receptors, loss of reflex response
- Chronic hypoventilation
- reduced sensitivity
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Chemoreceptor reflexes:
- Typically caused by hyperventilation
- abnormally low PCO2 in arterial blood
-- rise in blood pH (alkalosis)
Hypocapnia
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Chemoreceptor reflexes:
Hypocapnia
- Lower PCO2 causes _ of chemoreceptors
reduced stimulation
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Chemoreceptor reflexes:
Hypocapnia
- Respiratory rate _ increase even though PO2 falls dangerously _
- does not
- low
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Protective reflexes:
Receptors in epithelium of respiratory tract
- Irritation of larynx, trachea, or bronchi
Coughing
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Protective reflexes:
Coughing
1. _ closes at top of trachea
Glottis
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Protective reflexes:
Coughing
2. Strong, rapid contraction of intercostal and
abdominal muscles creates _ in lungs
high pressure
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Protective reflexes:
Coughing
3. Glottis _
- to remove offending stimulus
opens and air rushes outward
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Voluntary control of respiration:
_ consciously (voluntarily) control smooth muscles of respiratory tract
Cannot
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Voluntary control of respiration:
Can consciously control _ of breathing
skeletal muscles
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Voluntary control of respiration:
Can consciously control skeletal muscles of breathing
- Can temporarily “hold your breath”
- Can be overcome by chemoreceptor reflex –
_ will cause inhalation
high CO2
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Voluntary control of respiration:
Can consciously control skeletal muscles of breathing
- Can control _ of breathing
- Important for speaking, singing, etc.
rate and depth
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Gas Exchange:
Exchange of gasses by diffusion
- across alveoli - _
- capillary border
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Gas Exchange:
Exchange of gasses by diffusion
- across capillary - _
interstitial fluid border
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Gas Exchange:
Diffusion in liquids
- _ concentration to _ concentration
high; to low
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Gas Exchange:
Diffusion in gasses
- _ pressure to _ pressure
high; to low
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Gas Exchange:
Diffusion in gasses
O2 -->
lungs -> blood -> interstitial fluid -> cells
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Gas Exchange:
Diffusion in gasses
CO2 -->
cells -> interstitial fluid -> blood -> lungs
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Reasons for efficient gas exchange
- Small diffusion distance
- Large surface area of all alveoli
- Differences in partial pressure across blood
air barrier are substantial
- O2 and CO2 are lipid soluble
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Reasons for efficient gas exchange
- Small diffusion _
- Affected by edema, pneumonia, pulmonary
fibrosis disease, etc.
distance
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Reasons for efficient gas exchange
- Large _ of all alveoli
- Reduced in emphysema, etc.
surface area
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Efficiency of Gas Exchange
_ in gas concentrations between air and blood
Large differences
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Efficiency of Gas Exchange
Large differences in gas concentrations between air and blood
- Affected by changes in concentrations of
_ and _ in the air
- oxygen
- carbon dioxide
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Efficiency of Gas Exchange
Large differences in gas concentrations between air and blood
- Affected by changes in air _
pressure
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Efficiency of Gas Exchange
Large differences in gas concentrations between air and blood
- Affected by changes in air pressure
-- _ air pressure causes _ gas to go into blood
-- _ affects air pressure
- high, more
- altitude
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Each gas contributes to total pressure in proportion to its relative abundance
Dalton’s law
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Pressure contributed by a single gas in a mixture
partial pressure
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Gas Concentration Measured as Partial Pressure of gasses:
Atmospheric air = _ mm Hg
760
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Gas Concentration Measured as Partial Pressure of gasses:
In atmospheric air (760 mm Hg)
- Nitrogen (N2) = _
78.6% (597 mm Hg)
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Gas Concentration Measured as Partial Pressure of gasses:
In atmospheric air (760 mm Hg)
- Oxygen (O2) = _
20.9% (20%) (159 mm Hg)
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Gas Concentration Measured as Partial Pressure of gasses:
In atmospheric air (760 mm Hg)
- Water vapor (H2O) = _
0.5% (3.7 mm Hg)
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Gas Concentration Measured as Partial Pressure of gasses:
In atmospheric air (760 mm Hg)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) = _
0.04% (0.3 mm Hg)
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Partial pressure of gasses in body (at sea level):
Alveolar gas levels
- PO2 of _
100 mm Hg
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Partial pressure of gasses in body (at sea level):
Alveolar gas levels
- PCO2 of _
40 mm Hg
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Partial pressure of gasses in body (at sea level):
Alveolar gas levels
- PO2 of 100 mm Hg & PCO2 of 40 mm Hg
- Differs from air due to mixing of _ and _
inhaled and residual air
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Partial pressure of gasses in body (at sea level):
Arterial Blood gasses
- PO2 of 95 mm Hg & PCO2 of 40 mm Hg
- Blood in systemic circuit arteries and arterioles carrying blood to _
tissues
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Partial pressure of gasses in body (at sea level):
Arterial Blood gasses
- PO2 of _
95 mm Hg
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Partial pressure of gasses in body (at sea level):
Venous blood gas levels
- PCO2 of _
45 mm Hg
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Partial pressure of gasses in body (at sea level):
Oxygenated
- PO2 = _
- PCO2 = _
- 95 mm Hg
- 40 mm Hg
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Partial pressure of gasses in body (at sea level):
Deoxygenated
- PO2 = _
- PCO2 = _
- 40 mm Hg
- 45 mm Hg
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Greater altitudes have less of which gas in the air?
- O2
- CO2
- N2
- All of them
All of them
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Gas Pickup and Delivery:
- Transported in blood as dissolved gas
- Decompression sickness
Nitrogen transport
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Gas Pickup and Delivery:
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport
- Dissolved gas levels in _ insufficient to
meet needs of tissues
- _ provide transport mechanisms for both O2 and CO2 Gas Pickup and Delivery
- plasma
- RBCs
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Gas Pickup and Delivery:
- Dissolved gas levels in plasma insufficient to
meet needs of tissues
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport
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Gas Pickup and Delivery:
Oxygen transport
- Carried mainly by RBCs, bound to _
hemoglobin
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Gas Pickup and Delivery:
Oxygen transport
- Carried mainly by RBCs, bound to hemoglobin
-- _ heme oxygen-binding sites per Hb
molecule
four
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Gas Pickup and Delivery:
Oxygen transport
- Carried mainly by RBCs, bound to hemoglobin
-- Four heme oxygen-binding sites per Hb
molecule
- Number of sites occupied by oxygen measured as _
saturation percentage
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Gas Pickup and Delivery:
Oxygen transport
Hemoglobin – oxygen binding
- Weak bonds – oxygen easily _
dissociates
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Gas Pickup and Delivery:
Oxygen transport
- Dissociation rates dependent upon PO2 and _ and _
- pH
- temperature
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Oxygen – Hemoglobin Saturation Curve:
Partial pressure of oxygen - PO2
- Alveolar levels of 100 mmHg gives _ hemoglobin saturation
97.5%
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Oxygen – Hemoglobin Saturation Curve:
Partial pressure of oxygen - PO2
- Alveolar levels of 60 mmHg gives _
hemoglobin saturation (high altitudes,
compromised pulmonary ventilation)
90%
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Oxygen – Hemoglobin Saturation Curve:
Partial pressure of oxygen - PO2
- Tissue levels of 40 mmHg – hemoglobin
saturation is _ (inactive tissue)
75%
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Oxygen – Hemoglobin Saturation Curve:
Partial pressure of oxygen - PO2
- _ tissue levels of 20 mmHg – hemoglobin saturation is 35%
Active
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Oxygen – Hemoglobin Saturation Curve:
PO2 = 100 mm Hg so % saturation = _
97.5%
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Oxygen – Hemoglobin Saturation Curve:
PO2 = 40 mm Hg so % saturation = _
75%
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Oxygen – Hemoglobin Saturation Curve:
PO2 = 20 mm Hg so % saturation = _
35%
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Oxygen – Hemoglobin Saturation/Dissociation Curves:
Partial pressure of oxygen - PO2
- Levels of PO2 _ as tissue becomes more active
decreases
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Oxygen – Hemoglobin Saturation/Dissociation Curves:
pH level
- More acidity in tissues as they become more
active
Low pH
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Oxygen – Hemoglobin Saturation/Dissociation Curves:
Temperature
- Temperatures _ in active tissues
increase
324
Carbon dioxide transport in blood 3 different ways
- 70% carried as bicarbonate ions
- 23% bound to hemoglobin
- 7% dissolved in plasma
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Carbon dioxide transport:
70% carried as bicarbonate ions
- Carbonic _ in RBC
anhydrase enzyme
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Carbon dioxide transport:
70% carried as bicarbonate ions
- Carbonic anhydrase enzyme in RBC
- Carbonic acid dissociates into _
- Affects blood levels
bicarbonate ion & hydrogen ion
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Carbon dioxide transport:
23% bound to hemoglobin
Carbaminohemoglobin
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Decompression sickness occurs when divers ascend too quickly because
N2 comes out of solution and forms bubbles
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Partial pressure of gasses in body (at sea level):
Arterial Blood gasses
- PCO2 of _
40 mm Hg
329
An increase in activity would cause
a decrease in pH and a decrease in oxygen saturation
329
Partial pressure of gasses in body (at sea level):
Venous blood gas levels
- PO2 of _
40 mm Hg
329
Partial pressure of gasses in body (at sea level):
Venous blood gas levels
- PO2 of 40 mm Hg & PCO2 of 45 mm Hg
- Blood in systemic circuit venules and veins _ blood from tissues
returning
329
Partial pressure of gasses in body (at sea level):
Tissue interstitial fluid gas levels
- PO2 of _ in inactive tissue
40 mm Hg
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Partial pressure of gasses in body (at sea level):
Tissue interstitial fluid gas levels
- PCO2 of _ in inactive tissue
45 mm Hg
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Partial pressure of gasses in body (at sea level):
Tissue interstitial fluid gas levels
- PO2 of less than 20 mm Hg in _
active tissue
