Lecture 19 4/10/14 Flashcards
Atelectasis
Collapsed lungs; but refers to in babies when they are first born;
The collapse or closure of the lung resulting in reduced or absent gas exchange. It may affect part or all of one lung
Type II Surfactant Cells
Phospholipids that reduce surface tension
Tidal Volume
Refers to the ebbing and waning of resting respiration;
Inspiration and exhalation of normal breathing without extra effort applied. Approximately about 500 ml per inspiration
Expiratory Reserve Volume
At the bottom of the tidal volume, exhaling as much as you can at the bottom of tidal volume; The expiratory reserve volume is about 1100-1200 ml
Residual Volume
Whats left over in the lungs after expiratory reserve volume;
So after you have blown out all the air in your lungs as much as you can, what’s left over is the residual volume. Residual Volume is about 1100-1200 ml
Inspiratory Reserve Volume
At the top of tidal volume, we’re gonna inspire as much as we can.
The amount of air which can be taken into the lungs beyond one’s tidal volume, using forced inspiration. Normally about 3000 ml.
Vital Capacity
IRV + TV + ERV
What we do everyday while breathing
Inspiratory Capacity
IRV + TV
Functional Residual Capacity
ERV + RV
Total Lung Capacity
IRV + TV + ERV + RV
Vital Capacity
TLC - RV
MVR
Minute Volume Respiration
Amount of air that you bring in over a minutes time
TV x RR (Respiratory Rate)
500 (Tidal Volume) x 12 (Respiratory Rate) = 6000 ml of MVR per individual.
Dead Air Volume (Anatomical Dead Air Space)
Amount of air brought into the passage ways that is not involved in gas exchange.
So about 500 ml of Tidal Volume, 150 ml of it is no real gas exchange occurs.
Dalton’s Law
each gas, in a mixture of gases, exerts it’s own pressure independent of the other gases that are not present. Each gas exerts its own partial pressure and the Summation of all the partial pressures gives us atmospheric air
Atmospheric Air (ATM)
Summation of all the partial pressures of the gases
1 ATM = 760 mm Hg
What percentage of Nitrogen is in the air that we breathe?
78%