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Lecture 19: O2 and CO2 TRANSPORT Flashcards

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How is oxygen carried in the blood?

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Dissolved in the plasma and bound to haemoglobin in RBC’s (most effective)

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How much oxygen is dissolved in a litre of blood?

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3mL so about 15mL in body but we need about 250mL/min

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What does oxygen do?

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Form an easily reversible combination with Hb to give oxyhaemoglobin

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What does binding of oxygen depend on?

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The partial pressure of oxygen

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What is haemoglobin saturation?

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The percentage of heme units containing bound oxygen at any given moment

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What is the average partial pressure of oxygen of blood entering the systemic circuit?

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High (95-100mmHg)

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What is the average partial pressure of oxygen of blood leaving peripheral tissues (venous blood)?

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Moderate (40-50mmHg)

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What is the average partial pressure of oxygen in active muscle tissue?

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Low (10-20mmHg)

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What is the shape of the oxygen haemoglobin saturation curve?

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Sigmoidal, not linear

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What happens when the slope of the saturation curve is steep?

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A very small change in partial pressure of oxygen in the blood will result in a large change in the amount of oxygen bound to haemoglobin or released from oxyhemoglobin. oxygen binding affinity is decreased

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What happens in the flat part of the saturation curve?

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Large changes in partial pressure of oxygen will result in small changes in the percentage of oxyhaemoglobin

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What does the curve vary with?

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Conditions to improve oxygen uptake and delivery

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What shifts the curve right?

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Reduced pH (Bohr’s effect), increased partial pressure of carbon dioxide and increased temperature

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What shifts the curve left?

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Increased pH (Bohr’s effect), decreased partial pressure of carbon dioxide and decreased temperature

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How is carbon dioxide transported?

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Dissolved in plasma (7%), as bicarbonate (70%) and combined with proteins as carbamino compounds (23%)

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What does 70% if carbon dioxide do?

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It is converted to carbonic acid by activity of enzyme carbonic anhydrase

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What do the carbonic acid molecules do?

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Immediately dissociate into a hydrogen ion and bicarbonate ion

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What do the hydrogen ions do?

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Bind to haemoglobin forming HbH+

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What do the bicarbonate ions do?

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Move into plasma in exchange for chloride ions (Cl-). Process called the chloride shift

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What do we need to maintain?

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Normal levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide for metabolic and biochemical stability

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What is variable?

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Oxygen usage and carbon dioxide production but despite this, oxygen and carbon dioxide are kept within close limits

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What is the control centre?

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Pons, medulla oblongata and other parts of the brain

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What does the control centre receive?

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Afferent signals from sensors

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What are the sensors?

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Chemoreceptors, baroreceptors, lung stretch receptors and protective reflexes

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What does the control centre send?
Efferent signals to effectors
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What are the effectors?
Muscles of respiration
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What can the higher centres do?
Alter the activity of the pneumotaxic centres
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Where are the higher centres?
Cerebral cortex, limbic system and hypothalamus
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What do the apneustic and pneumotaxic centres do?
Adjust the output of the respiratory rhythmicity centres
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What do apneustic centres do?
Promote inhalation by stimulating DRG (dorsal respiratory group)
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What do the pneumotaxic centres do?
Inhibit apneustic centres
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Where are the apneustic and pneumotaxic centres?
In the pons
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What do the respiratory rhythmicity centres do?
Generate cycles of contraction and relaxation in the diaphragm, establishing pace of respiration, modify activity in response to chemical and pressure signals
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What does the dorsal respiratory group of neurons (DRG) have?
An inspiratory centre
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What does the DRG do?
Send signals to inspiratory muscles (diaphragm and external intercostals)
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What is the pre-botzinger complex?
A pace maker/rhythm generator
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What does the ventral respiratory group of neurons (VRG) have?
Inspiratory and expiratory centres
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What does the VRG do?
Sends signals to accessory inspiratory and expiratory muscles
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What respiratory centre can't be damaged?
Respiratory rhythmic centres
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What is part of the respiratory rhythmic centres?
VRG, DRG and pre-botzinger complex
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What are the most important receptors in determining respiratory activity?
Carbon dioxide receptors (chemoreceptors)
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Where are peripheral chemoreceptors?
Carotid artery and aortic arch
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Where are the central chemoreceptors?
Medulla oblongata
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What is increasing arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide called?
Hypercapnia
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What also happens in hypercapnia?
Decreased pH
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What is decreasing arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide called?
Hypocapnia
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What also happens in hypocapnia?
Increased pH
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What is the result of hypercapnia?
Respiratory muscles stimulated, increased respiratory. rate with increased elimination of carbon dioxide at the alveoli
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What is the result of hypocapnia?
Respiratory muscles inhibited, decreased respiratory rate with decreased elimination of carbon dioxide at the alveoli
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What are baroreceptors?
Blood pressure sensors that also affect respiratory function
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What happens when arterial blood pressure goes down?
Reduced flow, sensed by the baroreceptors, respiratory minute volume goes up and increased uptake of air
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What happens when arterial blood pressure goes up?
Increased flow, sensed by the baroreceptors, respiratory volume goes down and decreased uptake of air
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What do the lung stretch (inflation/deflation) receptors do?
They send afferent input as the lungs inflate or deflate
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What does the brain do once it receives afferent input from the lung stretch receptors?
Sends efferent output preventing them from stretching too far either way
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What do protective reflexes do?
Detect irritation
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What does the brain do once it receives information from the protective reflexes?
Sends efferent signal that triggers a sneeze or cough

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