Lecture 23

Question 1

Compare two circulations of the lunch as described.

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Question 2

Know the pulmonary arterial pressure, the mean pulmonary arterial pressure and the left atrium pressure (diastole.)

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Question 3

Agents that constrict and dilate pulmonary arterioles.

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Question 4

Agents that constrict pulmonary venules.

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Question 5

What effect does heavy exercise have on blood flow through the lungs and why does this cause minimal rise in pulmonary arterial pressure?

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Question 6

Describe the three blood flow zones and how they are distributed throughout the lungs normally, and what effect exercise has on this distribution.

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Question 7

describe the hydrostatic and osmotic fires involved in lunch capillary fluid exchange.

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Question 8

What effect does left-sided heart failure have on left atrial pressure?

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Question 9

What are the most common causes of pulmonary edema and at what capillary pressure level does it occur?

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Question 10

What are the results of bronchial obstruction and hypoxia in relation to blood flow?

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