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Final Review: Pulmonary Ventilation Flashcards

0
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Bronchi contain _______, while bronchioles do not.

A

Cartilaginous plates

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What produces a strong cough reflex?

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Carina (located at the bifurcation of the trachea into two primary bronchi)

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What is vital lung capacity?

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= Inspiratory reserve volume + tidal volume + expiratory reserve volume

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What is tidal volume?

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The volume of air inspired or expired with each breath at rest (500ml)

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What is inspiratory reserve volume?

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Volume of air inspired in addition to tidal volume, due to forceful inspiration (3000ml)

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What is expiratory reserve volume?

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Additional volume of air expired at end of tidal volume with forceful inspiration (1100ml)

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What is residual volume?

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Volume of air in lungs after forceful expiration (1200ml)

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What is vital capacity?

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Sum of all volumes expired or inhaled (4600ml)

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What is total lung capacity?

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Vital capacity + residual volume = sum of all volumes (5800ml)

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What is alveolar ventilation?

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Total volume of gases that enter spaces in gas exchange/minute

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What does anatomic dead space include?

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Space in trachea, bronchi, & bronchioles

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What does physiological dead space include?

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Anatomical dead space + ventilated alveoli with poor/absent perfusion

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What is the normal total dead space in a person?

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0.15 Liters

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What is pleural pressure?

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Pressure of fluid between parietal pleura & visceral pleura

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What is alveolar pressure?

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Pressure of air inside alveoli

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What is transpulmonary pressure?

A

Difference between alveolar pressure & pleural pressure

16
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During inspiration what does pleural pressure =?

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-5 to -7.5 cm H2O

17
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During expiration, what does pleural pressure =?

A

-7.5 to -5 cm H2O

18
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During inspiration, what does alveolar pressure =?

A

0 to -1 cm H2O

19
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During expiration, what does alveolar pressure =?

A

0 to +1 cm H2O

20
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What is minute ventilation equal to?

A

Tidal volume x Respiration rate

21
Q

What is the surface tension pressure in the average alveolus with surfactant?

22
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What is the surface tension pressure in the average alveolus without surfactant?

23
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What is compliance directly proportional to?

A

Distensibility & volume

24
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What is compliance indirectly proportional to?

25
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What is compliance?

A

Volume by which the lungs & thorax increase for each unit pressure change in transpulmonary pressure

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