Gas Transport Flashcards

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List the four functions of blood

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  1. Deliver nutrients and oxygen
  2. Remove waste products
  3. Maintain homeostasis
  4. Circulation
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List the 3 functions of erythrocytes:

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  1. Carrying O2 from lungs to body
  2. Carrying CO2 from body to lungs
  3. Acid/base buffering
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Where does erythropoiesis occur?

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Red bone marrow; 120 day life cycle

breakdown occurs in macrophages of spleen, liver or red bone marrow; released hemoglobin is ingested by monocyte macrophages immediately

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Outline erythropoiesis

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Reticulocytes mature into erythrocytes entering the circulation
Erythrocytes mature in the circulation based on oxygen demand
Erythropoietin (EPO) – principle regulator
•Produced by kidneys in response to anemia, low Hb,
decreased RBF, central hypoxia (pulmonary dz,
altitude)
•Regulated by hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)

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What are the two ways oxygen is transported in blood?

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  1. Dissolved

2. Bound to hemoglobin

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Why is dissolved oxygen inadequate?

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Solubility x pressure difference between alveolar and arterial (100 mm Hg)= 0.3 mL O2/100 mL blood

dissolved Oxygen delivery = 15 mL O2/min
Oxygen consumption = 250 mL O2/min

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Carbon dioxide transport is done in 3 ways in blood:

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  1. Dissolved
  2. Bicarbonate (HCO3-)
  3. Carbamino compounds
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How much of arterial and venous blood is made of dissolved CO2?

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Dissolved accounts for 5% of CO2 in arterial blood and 10% in mixed venous.

PvCO2 is 45 mm Hg = 2.7 ml CO2 / 100 ml blood

Not enough to rely on dissolved transport alone (we produce 200 ml CO2)

Key concept: Solubility of CO2 is 6 ml CO2 / dl blood / 100 mm Hg

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How is Carbamino hemoglobin (Hb-NH-COO−) different between arterial and venous blood?

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Accounts for 5% of CO2 in arterial blood and 30% in venous blood

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Bicarbonate accounts for ___% of CO2 in arterial blood and ___% in mixed venous

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Bicarbonate (HCO3-) accounts for 90% of CO2 in arterial blood and 60% in mixed venous.

Formed by:

  • Dissociation of H2CO3 to H+ and HCO3-
  • Formed directly from CO2 and OH- by carbonic anhydrase (CA)
  • Formed directly from CO32- + H+
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What happens to CO2 once we’re back in the lungs?

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  • Dissolved CO2 moves down its concentration gradient into the alveoli
  • CO2 dissociates from proteins
  • HCO3 is converted back to CO2
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explain the oxygen hemoglobin dissociation curve using the 3 axes

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  • Right Y-axis: O2 content (also in mL O2/100 mL blood) (sometimes expressed as a %)
  • Left Y-axis: Hb saturation (%)
  • X-axis: PO2 (mm Hg)

*Note: Based on ‘normal’ hemoglobin concentration in blood of 15 g/100 mL blood

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How much O2 can blood carry?

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Hemoglobin in blood is normally 15 g Hb
Pure Hb carries 1.39 mL O2 / g Hb
Actual Hb in blood carries 1.34 mL O2 / g Hb

So, maximally: 1.34 mL O2/ gHb * 15 g Hb/dL blood = ~20.1 (mL O2)/dL blood

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What does the arterial side of the oxygen-Hb dissociation curve show?

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Arterial blood (a on curve) PaO2 = 100 mm Hg
•97.5% saturation
• If 20.1 mL O2 / 100 mL of blood @100% then @97.5% -> 19.6 mL O2 / 100 mL of blood
•+ dissolved blood 0.3 mL O2 / 100 mL of blood
•Total oxygen in arterial blood is 19.9 mL O2 / 100 mL blood

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What does the venous side of the Oxygen-Hb dissociation curve show?

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Venous blood (v on curve) PvO2 = 40 mm Hg
•@75% saturation
•20.1 mL O2 / 100 mL of blood @100%, then @75%= 15.1 mL O2 / 100 mL of blood
•+ dissolved blood 0.1 mL O2 / 100 mL of blood
•Total oxygen in venous blood is 15.2 mL O2 / 100 mL blood

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What is P50 on the oxygen-Hb dissociation curve?

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P50 = 50% O2 saturation
Occurs generally at PO2 = 27 mm Hg
O2 content is 10 mL O2 / 100 mL blood [based on Hb = 15 g]

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What would breathing 100% oxygen do to the oxygen-Hb dissociation curve?

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Raises the amount of dissolved O2

May increase dissolved amount to 1.8 mL O2 / 100 mL blood

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What does a right shift in the oxygen dissociation curve mean?

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Represents decreased affinity of Hb for O2
Associated with anemia
Advantageous for unloading oxygen

Conditions:
•Increased temperature
•Decreased pH (acidity) – Bohr effect
•Increased PCO2

Increased 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (or 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate)
•Increased by low PO2 in RBC stimulating glycolysis
•Chronic hypoxia, anemia
•Largest effect on venous/tissue side of the curve

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What does a left shift in the oxygen dissociation curve mean?

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Represents increased affinity of Hb for O2
Advantageous for holding on to oxygen

Conditions:
•Methemoglobinemia
•HbF
•Polycythemia
•Decreased body temperature
•Increased pH
•Decreased PCO2

Small amounts of CO will displace one O2 molecule from a fully saturated Hb molecule.
•Reduces the binding capacity for O2 molecules
•Also causes LARGE left shift in the O2 curve

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What constitutes the Respiratory Quotient?

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=(volume CO2 produced)/(volume O2 consumed) = 200 mL/250 mL = 0.8

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What determines the Respiratory Quotient, specifically?

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Determined by the type of fuel being used e.g. fat vs carbs

carbs - 1:1 ratio (RQ = 1)
fat 7:10 ratio (RQ = 0.7)
protein 9:10 ratio (RQ = 0.9)

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What is the Haldane effect?

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As O2 levels fall (towards O% HbO2) CO2 levels increase -Tissues - pick up CO2
-Pulmonary capillaries – release CO2

23
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List some disorders associated qith RBCs

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Anemia of blood loss
Anemia of chronic disease
hemolytic anemias
anemias of diminished erythropoiesis 
polycythemia
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What are the requirements for erythropoiesis?

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  1. adequate nutrition
  2. vitamin B12 (cynocobalamin, cobalamin) and folate (B9) - required for DNA synthesis
  3. Iron availability - absorption, transport, storage

*note: folate or B12 deficient results in megaloblastic macrocytic anemia
poor B12 leads to pernicious anemia

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What causes microcytic anemia?
deficiency in Iron circulating as transferrin
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What causes hypochromic anemia?
deficient transport of transferrin to developing erythroblasts
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How does anemia decrease oxygen carrying capacity?
Hemoglobin concentration is proportional to blood oxygen content. ½ Hemoglobin concentration ~~ ½ blood oxygen content BUT % saturation doesn’t change. Cyanosis may not be present because SaO2 is high
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Differentiate between Primary polycythemia, secondary polycythemia, and physiologic polycythemia.
Primary: - genetic (low EPO) - extra RBCs - more blood; more viscosity; normal CO Secondary: - Hypoxia (high EPO) - extra RBCs - CO likely abnormal Physiologic: - high altitude adaptation - extra RBCs - normal CO
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Explain methemoglobinemia
- increased methemoglobin (up to ~25%) - decreased O2 availability to tissues & leftward shift of oxygen-Hb dissociation curve - blood is chocolate colored and can appear blue in caucasians - mutant M form of Hb - variants of methemoglobin reductase - oxidation of Fe2+ of Hb
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define hemachromatosis
Iron overload leading to liver cirrhosis, skin pigmentation & diabetes mellitus. - can be primary/genetic - secondary from blood transfusions, ineffective erythropoiesis, increased iron - neonatal - develops in utero, unknown cause