Human Body Flashcards
What is the skeleton for
Structural strength
Creates body cavities for organ placement
Characteristics of arteries
Thick walls
Carries oxygenated blood
High pressure blood
No valves
Characteristics of arterials
Extensions off arteries which can store blood
Characteristics of veins
Thin walls
Deoxygenated blood
Valves
Characteristics of capillaries
Walls 1 cell thick
Gaseous exchange
Diffusion
Covering alveoli
What are muscles for
Attached to the skeleton via tendons allowing movement and posture control
Characteristics of red blood cells
Carry oxygen
Contains haemoglobin
No nucleus so more space for haemoglobin
What are white blood cells for
To give immunity
Lymphocytes
What are Platelets for
Clotting (closes wounds)
What is homeostasis
Body used feedback and control mechanisms to maintain a stable environment
What % of the body is made up of water
65%
What does the central nervous system comprise of
Starts at the brain works out to the rest of the body
Involved spinal chord and brain
What is the Peripheral nervous system
Senses travel from sense receptors to brain
Consists of nerves and ganglia (clusters of nerves)
Normal speed in the motor neurone
0.5m/s
Fast speed of the motor neurone
100m/s
What state are the sodium / potassium pumps in when at rest
Open
What 2 branches does the peripheral nervous system slit into
Somatic nervous system (movement)
Autonomic nervous system (automatic body functions)
What does the autonomic nervous system control
Breathing Homeostasis Blinking Reflex Heart rate Blood pressure
What are the 2 branches of the autonomic nervous system
Sympathetic division (fight or flight )
Parasympathetic (return body to normal state)
What must a sense be above the stimulate a response
Sensory threshold
What is an absolute threshold
The minimum level of stimulation To trigger a response
What will frequent exposure to a stimulation cause
Habituation
What is the endocrine system
Chemical messages
Hormones
Slower - multiple cells stimulated at once as a result
What is a proprioceptor
Detect and relay precise info about the length of extensions of each muscle
What is a mechanoreceptor
Gives precise info about the amount of tension in a muscle
Where does the reflex generate its response
The motor nerve in the spinal chord
What is a subcutaneous pressure receptor
Found under the skin to orientate you to your surroundings (ie sitting on a chair)
Why is partial pressure important for breathing
Partial pressure is required to “force” the oxygen through the alveoli and into the bloodstream
At msl what is the total pressure in MMHg
760
At msl what is the oxygen partial pressure in mmgh
160
At what altitude is total pressure and oxygen partial pressure half
18,000
What is the difference in pressure between the inside of the lungs and the outside atmospheric pressure
47mmgh
What law is associated with hypoxia
Dalton’s law
What is hypoxic hypoxia
Not enough pressure to push oxygen through the alveoli
What is anaemic by hypoxia
Not enough haemoglobin in the blood to carry oxygen
What is the supplementary oxygen requirement from 0-10,000 feet
No requirement
What is the supplementary oxygen requirement above 10,000
Supplementary oxygen required
What is the supplementary oxygen requirement from 10,000 - 33,700 feet
Increasing % of oxygen required to be supplied
What is the supplementary oxygen requirement from 33,700 - 40,000 feet
100% oxygen required
What supplementary oxygen is required above 40,000 feet
Pressurised oxygen required
What are the symptoms of hypoxia
Blue lips / fingers Confusion Dizziness Lack of control Feeling happy
At what altitude do you begin to lost night vision
5000 feet
What factors effect hypoxia
Health Smoking Age Obesity Fatigue Rate of decompression
What hypoxia zone is vision affected
Indifferent zone
What hypoxia zone does homeostasis provide some protection
Compensatory zone
What hypoxia zone do common symptoms start to take affect
Disturbance zone
What hypoxia zone can homeostasis no longer cope
Critical zone
What hypoxia threshold is night vision affected
Reaction threshold
What hypoxia threshold is homeostasis trying to fight hypoxia
Disturbance threshold
What hypoxia threshold does incapacitation with loss of consciousness occur
Critical threshold
What is the time of useful consciousness
The time available for a person to still efficiently and effectively mentally and physically preform from point of not having adequate oxygen supply
What is the time of useful consciousness at 20,000 feet
30 mins at rest
5 mins of moderate activity
What is the time of useful consciousness at 30,000 feet
1-2 mins at rest
What is the time of useful consciousness at 35,000 feet
30-90 seconds
What is the time of useful consciousness at 40,000 feet
15-20 seconds
What is the first part of the mouth that air meets
The pharynx
What (in the mouth) does the air meet second
Larynx
What is the tube in the throat called
Trachea
What does the trachea turn into
Branches into 2 bronchi which get thinner until it turns into the alveoli
What is the max king volume
6 litres
What is the lungs residual volume
1.4 litres
What is the tidal volume
5 litres/ minute
How many breathing cycles per min
12-20
10-15
16-20
What can cause problems with breathing
Smoking
Hypoxia
Hyperventilation
What is hyperventilation
Not retaining enough co2
Which contains carbonic acid
Which means the ph of the blood goes up
What is the blood ph during hyperventilation
Alkaline
How to cure hyperventilation
Breath into a paper bag
Encourage “positive” breathing
What can cause hyperventilation
Panic Stress Fear Pressure breathing Pain Altitude / mountain climbing
Symptoms of hyperventilation
Dizziness Tingling in hand and feet Nausea Blurred vision Muscular spasms Unconsciousness
If you breath 100% oxygen @40,000 feet what altitude does it feel like
10,000 feet
Breathing oxygen at 33,700 feet feels like what height
Sea level
What is the law of diffusion
Gasses travel a concentration gradient
What is anaemia
Low number of red blood cells or reduced haemoglobin levels
Where does pulmonary circulation go
The lungs
Where does systemic circulation go
Whole body except the lungs
What does the pulmonary artery do
Transport deoxygenated blood to the lungs
What does the pulmonary vein do
Transport oxygenated blood from the lungs