lecture15: volumes capacites and ventilation part 1 Flashcards
what is pulmonary ventilation
the process by which air is
moved into the lungs
whatt is external respiration
the exchange of gases between the lungs and the blood (oxygen from ambient air to lungs)
what is internal respiration
the exchange of gases at the cellular level (oxygen in tissue cells from blood)
what is cellular respiratiton
the utilization of oxygen by the cells to produce energy
oxidative phosphorylation
what is the defintion of oxidative phosphyrlization
overall process of controlled oxidation of metabolites for
production of useful energy
pulm ventilation is the process of movign and exchanging what air
moving and exchanginng ambient air with air in the lungs
how does air enter
air enters the nose and mouth and trachae
what happens to air i nthe trachea
trachea and adjusts to body
temperature, is filtered and
humidified
what is the process of air movement
nose and mouth trachea (warmed, moistened, filtered) two bronchi bronchioles alveoli
ventilatory system is subdivided into what two zones
1) conducting zone
2) Transitional and respiratory zones
what structures make up the conduction zones
trachea and terminal bronchiles
what is the functions of the conducting zones
Air transport, humidification, warming, particle filtration, vocalization, immunoglobulin secretion
whatt are the structures pf transitional and respiratory zones
bronchioles, alveolar ducts and alveoli
what are the functions of transitional and respiratory zone
Gas exchange, surfactant production, molecule activation and inactivation, blood clotting regulation, and endocrine function
how many generations are there in the respiratory tract
23 generations
in the conducting zones there is no gas exchange or there is gas excahnge
no gas exchange
in the transitional and respiratory zones, is there any gas excahnge
yes
the smaller the bronchioles, the smaller or larger the SA
larger SA
as airway generation icnreases, what happens to the total CSA
it icnreases
what provides the gas exchange surface that seperates blood from the surrounding alveolar gaseous environment
lungs
lungs provide the gas exhange surface that seperates what
blood from the surrounding alveolar gaseous environment
in the lungs, oxygen transfers from where to where
alveolar air into alveolar capillary blood
in the lungs CO2 moves into where
into the alveoli and then in to the ambient air
an avg sized adult lungs weights how much
1kg
An average-sized adult’s lungs
has a volume of BLANK
4-6 L
truw or false: the lung is mostly made from solid tissue
false, only about 10% of solid tossue and the rest is filled with air and blood
what governs the diffusion of gas across a fluid membrane
ficks law of diffusion
ficks law states that a gas diffuses through a sheet of tissue at a
rate: (2 reasons)
- Directly proportional to the tissue area, a diffusion constant,
and the pressure differential of the gas on each side of the
membrane - Inversely proportional to tissue thickness
level of gas exchange happens where
at the level of the alveoli
if there is a large SA, there is a larger or decrease diffusion
increase diffusion
how does tissue thickness icnrease
smoking
what is the problem with smoking
it increase tissue thickness which makes it harder for gas to f=diffuse into tthe lungs
if the tissue thickness is larger, is it harder or easier to diffuse and trtansport gas
harder
there are more tthan 600 mil alveoli that provude the surface for what
gas exhchange between lung tissue and blood
what receives the largest blood supply of all the organs
alveoli
what is the only organ that receives the full stroke volume
lung
why does having so many alveoli make gas exchange easier
it increase the possible surface area for exhacnge
explain why av VO2 is not a limitinng factor for CO
becaue as long as you can bring deoxygenated blood to the lungs, gas exchange can happen
capilarries and alveoli lie side by side with the surface as thin as possible to facilitate what
rapid exchange of gasses
how many membranes does gas need to pass through
5 membanres
what disperses surfactant
pores of kahn
pores of kohn within alveoli evenly disperse what
surfactant
Pores of Kohn within alveoli evenly disperse surfactant
over where and what is the function
respiratory membranes to reduce surface tension
for easier alveolar inflation