Lec 38 Control of Ventilation Flashcards
What is PaCO2 when you voluntarily hyperventilate?
20 torr, low
What is PaCO2 when you hold your breath?
55 torr, very high
What is PaCO2 when you fall asleep?
45 torr, a little high
what is PaCO2 when you exercise?
40 torr, normal
Where is the respiratory generator
the medulla
What happens to breathing if you make cut below medulla [so entire brainstem gone]?
stop breathing without medulla
what happens if you make cut above pons [so still have pons, medulla, spinal cord but no cortex?
get normal breathing
What are two main inspiratory muscles?
- external intercostals
- diaphragm
is external or internal intercostal expiratory muscle?
internal is expiratory
What is the pre-BOT complex?
acts as pacemaker for respiration in medulla
What 3 places are chemoreceptors located? which is most important
most important: in medulla
- also in carotid body and aortic body
What are 4 types of lung receptors
- stretch receptors
- J receptors
- irritant receptors
- chest wall receptors
Where are central chemoreceptors? what do they respond to?
- near surface of medulla on brain side of blood brain barrier
- fast response to small changes in CO2 [also respond to H+ but not as strongly]
Where are the peripheral chemoreceptors? What do they respond to?
- in carotid bodies and aortic bodies
- respond mostly to oxygen
- some respond to CO2
- also respond to changes in arterial pressure
What does increased CO2 do to minute ventilation?
increases minute ventilation
What is normal minute ventilation?
5 L/min
What is hypercapnic drive? value?
- the drive to decrease CO2
- normal value 2 L/min/Torr
means for every 1 torr you increase PCO3 by, you will increase minute ventilation by 2 L/min
What is shape of hypercapnic drive curve compared with hypoxic drive?
hypercapnic: linear
hypoxic:
When does hypoxic drive kick in?
pretty much kicks in at 60 mmHg
At what PO2 do you lose consciousness?
35 mmHg
What 2 things mediate hypoxic drive?
- carotid bodies
- aortic body
Can you be hypoxic with no dyspnea?
yes – this is very common since hypoxic drive is weak until very low [less than 60] PO2
When do stretch receptors increase firing? where are they located? function?
- increase firing with stretch [inflation] of lung
- located in airway smooth muscle
- decrease respiratory frequency
What is hering-breuer reflex?
- hyperinflation of lung causes apnea, inhibits inspiration so you exhale
What is the afferent part of stretch receptors?
vagus
What do irritant receptors in lung respond to? where are there located? What action?
- respond to chemical or mechanical irritation of airway [smoke, chem, dust, cold air]
- in receptors in superficial lining of airways
- increase respiratory frequencey