Lab 7 Flashcards
Muscles of inspiration
Diaphragm, scalenes, sternocleidomastoid, external intercostals
Muscles of expiration
Internal intercostals, abdominal muscles
Active vs. Passive breathing
Active breathing involves using muscle of expiration to expire while passive breathing just uses the pressure gradient to expire . Active breathing occurs when there is greater demand
Pressure changes in lungs to facilitate respiration
Inspiration expands volume which decreases pressure so air from atm. flows into lungs. Expiration decreases volume which increases pressure and air is pushed out of the lungs
Pathway of air in lungs
Nasal/oral cavity –> pharynx –> larynx –> trachea –> L/R primary bronchus –> secondary bronchus, bronchiole, alveoli
Pneumothorax
Collapsed lung. Occurs when air enters pleural space due to pressure change. If intrapleural space is lower than atm. P air rushes into it and collapses the lung. Can occur with puncture to lung/pleural space
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Primary cause of COPD
Smoking
2 main types of COPD
Chronic bronchitis and emphysema
Why is breathing hard with chronic bronchitis
Long-term mucus cough
Why is breathing hard with emphysema
Damage to the lungs over time, inner walls of alveoli damaged and eventually rupture
Why hard to breathe with asthma
Narrowing and inflammation of airways
symptoms of asthma
Recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing
Shortness of breath
Cough
Chest tightness
Edema
Build up of fluid… swelling
What causes edema in lungs
When heart doesn’t pump efficiently blood can back up in veins going through the lungs and pressure build up in the veins pushes fluid into alveoli
How does pulmonary edema effect the lungs
Fluid in alveoli makes gas exchange challenging
How does pneumonia affect lung function?
Alveoli become inflamed and limits lung capacity, lungs may fill with fluid and dead lung tissue –> mucus
How is ventilation/diffusion of gas compromised by pneumonia
Inflammation and fluid increases diffusion distance which decreases ventilation
Respiratory system
System used for gas exchange
Respiration
The action of breathing
Pulmonary ventilation
The process of air flowing into the lungs during inspiration and out of the lungs during expiration
External respiration
Pulmonary vent, pulmonary diffusion and gas exchange, gas transport in blood, gas exchange at tissue
Transport of respiratory gasses
The process in which organisms take in O2 and give out CO2 exchanged and moved through the body in the blood
Internal respiration
Cellular respiration
Nasal cavity function
Filter, warm, and moisten incoming air
Resonance chamber for voice production
Nasal septum
Divides nasal cavity into L&R
Formed by Vomer and ethmoid bones and septal cartilage
Nasal conchae
Turbinates in nasal cavity to increase SA of mucose which enhances air turbulence and aids in trapping large particles
Paranasal sinuses
Resonating chambers for speech filled with mucus and air
Frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid, maxillary bones make cavities
Hard palate
Bony roof of oral cavity, separates mouth from nasal cavity
Maxillary and palatine bones
Soft palate
From posterior hard palate, make up posterior roof of mouth