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Exchange surfaces and breathing Flashcards

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What are the 3 main factors that affect the need for an exchange system?

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  • size
  • surface area to volume ratio
  • level of activity
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How does size affect the need for an exchange system?

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  • small organisms (single celled) can receive a sufficient supply of oxygen from environment by diffusion
  • for multicellular organisms diffusion is too slow to enable sufficient supply to innermost cells
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How does SA:V affect the need for an exchange system?

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  • small organisms have a large SA:V, SA is large enough for sufficient oxygen to diffuse into all cells.
  • large organisms have small SA:V
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How does level of activity affect the need for an exchange system?

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  • some organisms are more active than others
  • cells of active organism need good supplies of nutrients and oxygen to supply energy for movement
  • organisms (mammals) that keep themselves warm need more energy.
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What are the features of a good exchange surface?

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  • large surface area to provide more space for molecules to pass through. Walls are often folded (root hair cells).
  • permeable and thin barrier to reduce diffusion distance (alveoli)
  • good blood supply to maintain steep conc gradient for fast diffusion ( and removal of metabolic waste products that can be toxic)
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What are alveoli?

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tiny folds of the lung epithelium to increase the SA

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What are bronchi and bronchioles?

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smaller airways leading into the lungs

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What’s the diaphragm?

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layer of muscle beneath the lungs

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What are intercostal muscles?

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muscle between the ribs

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What’s the trachea?

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main airway leading from the back of the mouth to the lungs

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What’s ventilation?

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the refreshing of the air in the lungs so there’s a higher oxygen concentration than in blood, and lower carbon dioxide conc for fast diffusion

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Why are alveoli so numerous?

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large SA to provide more space for molecules to pass through

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Why does surfactant coat internal surface of alveoli?

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to reduce the cohesive forces between water molecules as they make alveoli collapse

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What the barrier to exchange comprised of?

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  • wall of alveolus
  • wall of capillary
  • cells readily allow diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide as they’re small and non polar
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How is the barrier to exchange thin to reduce diffusion distance?

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  • alveolus and capillary walls are one cell thick
  • both consist of squamous epithelium (flattened or very thin cells)
  • capillary in close contact with alveolus wall
  • capillaries have narrow lumen so RBCs are close to air in alveoli.
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Why is it important for blood to carry carbon dioxide from tissues to lungs?

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ensures conc gradient of CO2 in blood is higher than that in air in alveoli so carbon dioxide diffuses into alveoli

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Why is it important for blood to carry oxygen away from lungs?

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ensures that the conc of oxygen in blood is kept lower than that in alveoli so oxygen diffuses into the blood

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Explain inspiration

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  • diaphragm contracts to move down and becomes flatter (this displaces the digestive organs downwards)
  • external intercostal muscles contract to raise ribs
  • volume of chest cavity increases
  • pressure in chest cavity drops below atmospheric pressure
  • air moves into the lungs
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Explain expiration

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  • diaphragm relaxes and moves upwards (is pushed up by displaced organs underneath)
  • external intercostal muscles relax and ribs fall
  • during exercise, coughing, sneezing, internal intercostal muscle contract to push air out more forcefully
  • volume of chest cavity decreases
  • pressure in lungs rises above atmospheric pressure
  • air is moved out of lungs
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What kind of fibres do alveoli contain and why?

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  • elastic fibres help them stretch during inspiration but then recoil to help push air out doing expiration
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What must airways have to be effective?

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  • be large enough to allow sufficient air to flow in without obstruction
  • be supported to prevent collapse when the air pressure inside is low during inspiration
  • be flexible in order to allow movement
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What do airways contain?

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  • lined by ciliated epithelium, keeps lungs healthy
  • goblet cells in epithelium release mucus to trap pathogens
  • cilia move mucus to top of throat where it’s swallowed
  • glandular tissue in the loose tissue also produces mucus
  • supported by C-shaped rings of cartilage to prevent collapse during inspiration
  • C-shaped rings allow flexibility for food to pass down oesophagus
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Difference between trachea and bronchi?

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  • similar wall structure but bronchi are narrower
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Features of bronchioles

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  • much narrower than bronchi
  • smaller ones don’t have cartilage
  • wall made of smooth muscle and elastic fibres
  • smallest ones end in clusters of alveoli
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Explain contraction of smooth muscle in airways

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  • constricts airways
  • lumen becomes narrower
  • restricts airflow to and from alveoli
  • important if there’s a harmful substance in the air
  • not voluntary (may be allergic reaction)
  • can’t be reversed on its own
  • smooth muscle elongated again by elastic fibres
  • elastic fibres deformed (during contraction) then recoil (during muscle relaxation), dilating the airway
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What’s a spirometer?

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  • device that can measure the movement of air into and out of the lungs
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What’s vital capacity?

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maximum volume of air that can be moved by the lungs in one breath

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What’s tidal volume?

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the volume of air inhaled or exhaled in one breath, usually measured at rest

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What’s oxygen uptake?

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volume of oxygen absorbed by the lungs in one minute

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What’s residual volume?

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volume of air that remains in the lungs even after forced expiration

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What factors can affect vital capacity?

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  • size of person (height)
  • age and gender
  • level of regular exercise
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How to calculate oxygen uptake from a spirometer trace?

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  • assume volume of carbon dioxide released and absorbed by soda lime equals the volume of oxygen absorbed by blood
  • measure gradient of the decrease in volume
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How to calculate breathing rate from spirometer trace?

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  • count number of peaks in each minute
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What factors can increase oxygen uptake?

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  • exercise
  • increased breathing rate
  • deeper breaths
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equation for pulmonary ventilation rate

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PVR = tidal volume x breathing rate

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What’s the buccal cavity?

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the mouth

37
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What’s counter current flow?

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blood flows through capillaries in gill filament in opposite direction to flow of water over lamellae for maximum absorption of oxygen from water.

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what are gill filaments/primary lamellae?

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slender branches of tissue that make up the gill

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what is secondary lamellae/gill plate?

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folds of the gill filament to increase SA

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what’s the operculum?

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bony flap that covers and protects gills

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what’s a spiracle?

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pore that allows air in or out of trachea

42
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define tracheal fluid

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fluid found at the end of tracheoles in the tracheal system

43
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define tracheal system?

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system of air-filled tubes in insects

44
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How many pairs of gills in bony fish?

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5

45
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Structure of gills and advantages of this

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  • two rows of gill filaments (primary lamellae) attached to a bony arch.
  • filaments are very thin and their surface is folded into many secondary lamellae (or gill plates)
  • provides large SA
  • blood capillaries carry deoxygenated blood close to surface of secondary lamellae where exchange occurs
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How does ventilation in fish occur?

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  • floor of buccal cavity moves downward drawing water inside
  • mouth closes, floor raised pushing water through the gills
  • operculum moves outwards which reduces pressure in the opercular cavity (space under the operculum) helping water flow through gills
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Describe the circulatory system in insects

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  • open circulatory system where body fluid acts as both blood and tissue fluid
  • circulation is slow and affected by body movements
48
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How does gaseous exchange occur in insects?

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  • occurs between air in tracheole and the tracheal fluid
  • some exchange occurs across thin walls of the tracheoles
    -tracheal fluid withdrawn into body fluid to increase SA of tracheole wall exposed to air for more diffusion of oxygen in very active insects
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How is the tracheal system ventilated?

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  • rhythmic abdominal movements change volume of their bodies and move air in and out of spiracles
  • when larger insects are flying, wing movements pump their thoraxes too.

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