Final Flashcards
Laplace Law:
Explains why surface tension on a blood vessel wall depends on the RADIUS of a vessel.
Laminar Flow
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Poiseuille’s Law:
Explains how a polycythemic pt has < BF through tissues and anemic pt has > BF.
Turbulent Flow
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Venturi Effect & Bernoulli Principle
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Henry’s Law:
Gas Law
Amount gas dissolved in liquid is proportional to PP of gas in equilibrium with liquid.
Boyle’s Law
Explains why an ETT cuff expands when heated.
Volume inverse related to pressure
Gay-Lussacs Law:
All gasses expand the same rate of rise at equal temps and press.
Dalton’s Law
Partial pressures. Add each PP together for total Pressure
Avogadro’s Number
A proportionality factor that relates the molar mass of a compound to the mass of a sample.
Cylinders
Adiabatic process
AP (no transfer of heat between a thermodynamic system and surroundings.
Fick’s Law:
Diffusion
Determined by SurArea, PP of gradient, thickness of membrane
Movement of a substance from > concentration to < concentration.
Graham’s Law:
Effusion
Rate inversely proportional to square root of molar mass.
Movement of gas through a small opening
Charles’ Law
V > as temp >
Volume is proportional to temp
Osmosis
Diffusion of H2O through a semipermeable membrane.