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What are the four steps to external respiration?

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Ventilation
Gas exchange between alveoli and blood
Gas transport in the blood
Gas exchange at the tissue level

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What are the body systems involved in external respiration?

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Respiratory system
CV system
Haemotology system
Nervous system

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What is ventilation?

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The mechanical process by which air is moved between the atmosphere and alveolar sacs

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What is the gas exchange between alveoli and blood?

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The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air in the alveoli and the blood in the pulmonary capillaries

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What is the gas transport in the blood?

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The binding and transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the circulating blood

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What is the gas exchange at the tissue level

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The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood in the systemic capillaries and the body cells

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What is boyles law?

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At any constant temperrature, the pressure exerted by a gas varied inversely with the volume of the gas. As the volume of a gas increases, the pressure exerted by the gas decreases

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How will air flow?

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Air will flow down a pressure gradient from a region of high pressure to a region of lower pressure.

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What must the intra-alevolar pressure become less than?

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The atmospheric pressure to allow air to flow into the lungs during inspiration.

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What is the intra-alveolar pressure before inspiration?

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The intra-alveolar pressure is equivalent to atmospheric pressure but during inspiration the thorax and lungs expand as a result of contraction of inspiratory muscles

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How are the lungs connected to the thorax?

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Intrapleural fluid cohesivness

Negative intrapleural pressure

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What is the intrapleural fluid cohesivness?

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The water molecules in the intrapleural fluid are attracted to each other and resist being pulled apart and hence the pluerla membranes tend to stick together

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What is the negative intrapleural pressure?

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The sub-atmospheric intrapleural pressure creates a transmural pressure gradient across the lung wall and across the chest wall so the lungs are forced to expand outwards which forces the chest to squeeze inwards

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What are the pressures associated with the alveoli?

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760 mm Hg atmospheric pressure at sea level
760 mm Hg intra-alveolar pressure
756 mm Hg intrapleural pressure

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15
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What does inspiration depend on?

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It is an active process and so depends on muscle contraction

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What way is the volume of the thorax increased?

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Vertically by contraction of the diaphragm flattening out its dome shape

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17
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What nerves supply the diaphragm?

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The phrenic nerve from cervical regions 3, 4 and 5

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What muscle contracts to lift the ribs and move out the sternum?

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The external intercostal muscles

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What is the name of the mechanism that the external intercostal muscles perform?

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Bucket Handle mechanism

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What happens to the intra-alveolar pressure when the size of the lungs increases?

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It falls which is needed for boyle’s law as air can then enter the lungs down a pressure gradient until the intra-alveolar pressure becomes equal to the atmospheric pressure

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What type of process is expiration?

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A passive process by which the inspiration muscles are relaxed

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How do the chest wall and stretched lungs recoil to their preinspiraotry size?

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They have elastic properties

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What does the recoil of the lungs make happen to the intra-alveolar pressure?

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It rises

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Why does the intra-alveolar pressure rise when the lungs recoil?

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The air molecules become contained within a smaller volume and therefore the air will leave the lungs don its pressure gradient until the intra-alvoelar pressure becomes equal to the atmospheric pressure

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25
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What is a pneumothorax?

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When air enters the pleural space from outside the lungs which abolishes the transmural pressure gradient leading to lung collapse

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26
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How can pneumothoraces occur?

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Spontaneous
Traumatic
Iatrogenic

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27
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What are the symptoms of a pneumothorax?

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Shortness of breath
Chest pain
Hyperresonant percussion tone
Decreased or absent breath sounds

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28
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What is lung recoiling due to?

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Elastic connective tissue in the lungs which allows it to bounce back into shape
Alveolar surface tension

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29
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What is alevolar surface tension?

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The attraction between water molecules at liquid air interface. In the alveoli this produces a force which resists the stretching of the lungs

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30
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What would happen if the alveoli were lined with water alone?

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The surface tension would be too strong and so the alveoli would collapse and therefore the alveoli are also lines with surfactant

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31
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What is the law of laPlace

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The smaller the alveoli with a smaller radius, the higher the tendency to collapse

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32
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What makes up pulmonary surfactant?

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Mixture of lipids and proteins that is secreted by type 2 alveoli

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33
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What is the purpose of surfactant?

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Lowers surface tension of smaller alveoli more than that of larger alveoli and prevents the smaller alveoli from collapsing and emptying their air contents into the larger alveoli

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34
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What age group does respiratory disress syndrome effect?

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New-borns

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35
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What is respiratory distress syndrome?

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When premature babies don’t have enough surfactnat and so the baby has to make very strenous inspiratory efforts in an attempt to overcome the high surface tension to inflate the lungs

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Why do premature babies not have enough pulmonary surfactant?

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Fetal lungs do not produce surfactant until late pregnancy and so when babies are born prematurely they do not have surfactant yet

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37
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What is alveolar interdependence?

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If an alveolus starts to collapse then the surrounding alveoli are stretched and then recoil exerting expanding forces in the collapsing alveolus to open it

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What are the major muscles of inspiration?

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Diaphragm and external intercostal muscles

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39
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What are the accessory muscles of inspiration?

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They only contract during forceful inspiration and they are the sternocleidomastoid, scalenus and pectoral

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What are the muscles of active expiration?

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They only contract during active expiration and they are abdominal muscles and internal intercostal muscles

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What is tidal volume and what is an average value?

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The volume of air entering or leaving the lungs during a single breath. Average value is 0.5L

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What is the inspiratory reverse volume and what is an average volume?

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The extra volume of air that can be maximally inspired over and above the typical resting TV. Average volume is 3.0L

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What is the expiratory reverse volume and what is an average volume?

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The extra volume of air that can be actively expired by maximal contraction beyond the normal volume of air after a resting TV. Average volume is 1.0L

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What is the residual volume and what is an average volume?

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The minimum volume of air remaining in the lungs even after a maximal expiration. The average volume is 1.2L

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What is the inspiratory capacity and what is an average value?

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The maximum volume of air that can be inspired at the end of a normal quiet expiration (IC = IRV + TV). An average value is 3.5L

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What is the functional residual capacity and what is an average value?

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The volume of air in the lungs at the end of a normal passive expiration. An average volume is 2.2L

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What is the vital capacity and what is an average value?

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The maximum volume of air that can be moved out during a single breath following a maximal inspiration. Average volume is 4.5L

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What is the total lung capacity and what is an average volume for it?

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The total volume of air that the lungs can hold. Average volume is 5.7L

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49
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What cannot be measured by spirometry?

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Residual volume and therefore total lung volume cannot be measured by spirometry.

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50
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How can residual volume increase?

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When the elastic recoil of the lungs is lost for example in emphysema the residual volume increases

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51
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What is FVC?

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The maximum volume of air that can be forcibly expelled from the lungs following a maximum inspiration

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What is FEV1?

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The forced expiratory volume in one second. The volume of air that can be expired during the first second of expiration in a FVC determination

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53
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What is the FEV1/FVC ratio?

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The proportion of the FVC that can be expired in the first second = FEV1/FVC x 100

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54
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What is the normal FEV1/FVC ration?

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More than 75%

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55
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What are dynamic lung volumes useful in diagnosing?

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Obstructive and restrictive lung diseases

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56
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How does the FEV1/FVC ratio change in obstructive airway diseases?

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FVC is low/normal but FEV1 is low and so the ratio is low

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How does the FEV1/FVC ratio change in restrictive lung diseases?

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FVC is low but FEV1 is also low and they change in proportion with each other and so the ratio stays the same

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58
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What does parasympathetic stimulation of the bronchioles cause?

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Bronchoconstriction

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59
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What does sympathetic stimulation of the bronchioles cause?

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Bronchodilation

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60
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Why is active expiration more difficult in patients with airway obstruction

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The pleural pressure rises compressing the alveoli and airways which helps to push air out of the lungs but extra pressure is not always desirable and in patient with increased airway resistance can an increase in airway pressure upstream

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61
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What is a peak flow meter used for?

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Gives an estimate of peak flow rate

62
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What does peak flow rate assess?

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The airway function and is useful in patients with obstructive lung diseases

63
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How is a peak flow meter used?

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Patient is asked to give a short sharp blow into the peak flow meter. Best of 3 attempts is taken and the peak flow rate in normal adults varies with age and height

64
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What is compliance?

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The measure of effort that has to go into stretching or distending the lungs. During inspiration the lungs are stretched

65
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What is pulmonary compliance and how is it measured?

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The volume change per unit of pressure change across the lungs

66
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What can decrease pulmonary complicance?

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Pulmonary fibrosis 
Pulmonary oedema
Lung collapse 
Pneumonia 
Absence of surfactant
67
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What happens when the lungs are less compliant?

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They have to work harder to produce a given degree of inflation. A greater change in pressure is needed to produce a given change in volume because the lungs are stiffer. This causes shortness of breath especially on exertion.

68
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What causes increased pulmonary compliance?

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If the elastic recoil of the lungs is lost for example in emphysema. Patients have to work harder to get air out of the lungs and they become hyperinflated. Compliance also increases with age

69
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When is the work of breathing increased?

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Pulmonary compliance decreased
Airway resistance increased
Elastic recoil is decreased
Need for increased ventilation

70
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What is the anatomical dead space?

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When air is retained in the airways and so is not avaliable for gas exchange but takes up space into the lungs

71
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How is pulmonary ventilation calculated?

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Tidal volume x respiratory rate
E.g.
0.5L x 12 breaths/min
6L/min under resting conditions

72
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Why is alveolar ventilation less than pulmonary ventilation?

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Because of the presence of anatomical dead space

73
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How is alveolar ventilation calculated?

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(TV - dead space volume) x resp rate
E.g.
(0.5-0.15) x 12
4.2L/min under resting conditions

74
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What is pulmonary ventilation?

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The volume of air breathed in and out per minute

75
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What is alveolar ventilation?

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The volume of air exchanged between the atmosphere and alveoli per minute. More important that pulmonary ventilation as it represents the new air available for gas exchange with the blood

76
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What does the transfer of gases between the body and atmosphere depend on?

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Ventilation - rate at which gas is passing through the lungs
Perfusion - rate at which blood passes through the lungs

77
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What is the physiological dead space?

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The anatomical dead space + alveolar dead space

78
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When can the alveolar dead space increase significantly?

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In disease

79
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How it airflow matched to blood flow in the lungs?

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Local controls act on the smooth muscles of airways and arterioles

80
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What does the accumulation of carbon dioxide in the alveoli result in?

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It results due to increased perfusion which decreases airway resistance leading to increased airflow

81
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What does an increase in alveolar oxygen conc result in?

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It is as a result of increased ventilation and results in pulmonary vasodilation which increases blood flow to match larger airflow

82
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What are the areas in which perfusion is greater than ventilation?

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Areas of increased carbon dioxide concentration 
Dilation of local airways 
Increase in airflow 
Areas where oxygen conc in decreased 
Constriction of local blood vessels 
Areas of decreased blood flow
83
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Where are the areas in which venitlation is greater than perfusion?

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Areas of decreased carbon dioxide conc 
Local constriction of airways 
Areas of decreased airflow
Areas of increased oxygen conc
Areas of increased blood flow
Dilation of local blood vessels
84
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What are factors that influence the rate of gas exchange across the alveolar membrane?

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Partial pressure gradient of oxygen and carbon dioxide
Diffusion coefficient for oxygen and carbon dioxide
SA of alveolar membrane
Thickness of alveolar membrane

85
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What determines the pressure gradient for gases?

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The partial pressure

86
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What is dalton’s law of partial pressure?

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The total pressure exerted by a gaseous mixture = the sum of the partial pressure of each individual component in the gas mixture

87
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What is partial pressure?

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The pressure that one gas in a mixture of gases would exert if it were the only gas present in the whole volume occupied by the mixture at a given temperature

88
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What is the partial pressure of oxygen in the atmosphere?

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160 mm Hg (21 kPa)

89
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What is the total atmospheric pressure?

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760 mm Hg (101 kPa)

90
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How do you calculate the partial pressure of oxygen in the alveolar air PAO2?

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PAO2 = PiO2 - (PaCO2/0.8)
Where:
PAO2 = Partial pressure of oxygen in alveolar air
PiO2 = Partial pressure of oxygen in inspired air
PaCO2 = Partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood
0.8 is the respiratory exchange ration (RER) for someone eating a mixed diet

91
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What does the partial pressure gradient state?

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Gases will move from a higher to lower partial pressure

92
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What is the air in the resp tract saturated with?

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Water, and the water vapour contributes to aobut 47 mmHg of the total pressure in the lungs and so the pressure of inspired air = atmospheric pressure - water vapour pressure = 750 - 47 mmHg = 713 mmHg at sea level

93
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What is the normal PaCO2 in arterial blood?

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40 mmHg

94
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Why is the partial pressure for carbon dioxide less than the partial pressure of oxygen?

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Carbon dioxide is more soluble in membranes than oxygen and the solubility of gas in membranes is known as the diffusion coefficient for the gas. The diffusion coefficient for carbon dioxide is 20 times that of oxygen

95
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What does fick’s law of diffusion state?

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The amount of gas that moves across a sheet of tissue in unit time is proportional to the area of the sheet but inversely proportional to its thickness. The lungs provide a large SA with thin membranes to facilitate effective gas exchange. The airways also divide repeatedly to increase SA. They have a very extensive pulmonary capillary network which allows them to receive the entire cardiac output

96
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What are the components of a respiratory membrane?

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Aveoli are thin walled inflatable sacs that function in gas exchange. The walls consist of a single layer of flattened type 1 alveolar cells
Pulmonary capillaries encircle each alveolus with a narrow interstitial space between them

97
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What are the nonrespiratory functions of the resp system?

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Route for water loss and heat elimination
Enhances venous return
Helps to maintain normal acid-base balance
Enables speech, singing and other vocalisations
Defends against inhaled foreign matter
Removes, modifies, activates or inactivates various materials passing throuhg the pulmonary circulation
Nose serves as the organ of smell

98
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What is henry’s law?

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The amount of a given gas dissolved in a given type and volume of liquid (blood) at a constant temp is proportional to the partial pressure of the gas in the equilibrium with the liquid

99
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What is the partial pressure of oxygen dissolved in the blood?

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13.3 pKa and 3ml of oxygen

100
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What are the respective percentages of oxygen carried bound to haemoglobin and in the dissolved form

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98.5% and 1.5%

101
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How many haem groups are there for every molecule of haemoglobin?

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4 and each haem group can carry one oxygen molecule. The partial pressure of oxygen is the primary factor which determines the % sat of haemoglobin with oxygen

102
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What is saturation depedent on?

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The PO2, not the concentration of haemoglobin

103
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What is the oxygen delivery index?

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The oxygen delivery to the tissues is a function of the oxygen content of arterial blood and the cardiac output

104
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How can you calculate the oxygen delivery index?

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DO2l = CaO2 x CI
Where:
DO2l is the oxygen delivery index
CaO2 is the oxygen content of arterial blood
CI - cardiac index
CI relates the cardiac output to the normal body surface

105
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How do you calculate the oxygen content of arterial blood?

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CaO2 = 1.34 x Hb x SaO2
One gram of Hb can carry 1.34ml of oxygen when fully saturated
SaO2 is the % of haemoglobin saturation with oxygen - determined by the partial pressure of oxygen

106
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How can oxygen delivery to the tissues be impaired?

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Respiratory disease
Heart failure
Anaemia

107
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What does the partial pressure of inspired oxygen depend on?

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Total pressure (atmospheric) 
Proportion of oxygen in gas mixture (21% in atmosphere)
108
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What is PAO2?

A

The partial pressure of alveolar air

109
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What is PiO2?

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The partial pressure of oxygen in inspired air

110
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What is PaCO2?

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The partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood

111
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What does haemoglobin show and what type of curve does it show?

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It shows cooperactivity and shows a sigmoid curve

112
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What does the sigmoidal curve mean?

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The flat upper portion of the curve means that a moderate fall in alveolar partial pressure will not affect the oxygen loading but at the steep lower part of the curve, the peripheral tissues get alot of oxygen for a small drop in capillary partial pressure

113
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What is the Bohr effect?

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The shift of the curve to the right, e.g. the release of oxygen from tissues

114
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What increases the Bohr effect?

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Increased carbon dioxide conc
Increased proton conc
Increased temp
Increased 2,3-biphosphoglycerate conc

115
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What is myoglobin?

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Only present in skeletal and cardiac muscle cells, one haem group per myoglobin molecule, no cooperactivity

116
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What is the shape of the dissociation curve of myoglobin?

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Hyperbolic not sigmodal
Will release oxygen at very low partial pressures of oxygen which provides a short-term storage for exygen in anaerobic conditions
Presence of myoglobin in blood indicates muscle damage

117
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What are the mean of carbon dioxide in the blood?

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Solution (10%)
Bicarbonate (60%)
Carboamino compounds (30%)

118
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How is bicarbonate formed in the blood?

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Carbon dioxide and water bind to form bicarbonate and protons

119
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What is the enzyme that converts carbon dioxide and water to bicarbonate?

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Carbonic anhydrase and it occurs in red-blood cells

Includes a chloride shift and the excess proton ion is used to bind with haemoglobin

120
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How are carboamino comounds formed?

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Combination of carbon dioxide with terminal amine groups in blood protein, is a rapid process even without an enzyme as as catalyst. Reduced haemoglobin can bind to more carbon dioxide than haemoglobin bound to oxygen

121
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What is the haldane effect?

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Removing oxygen from haemoglobin increases the ability of haemoglobin to pick up carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide generates protons

122
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What do the bohr effect and haladane effect work in synchrony to facilitate?

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Oxygen liberation
Uptake of carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide generation of protons at tissues
At the lungs, the haemoglobin picks up oxygen which reduces its ability to bind to carbon dioxide and protons

123
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Where is the rhythm of inspiration and expiration controlled?

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The medulla

124
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What is the name of neurons that generates breathing rhythm?

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Pre-botzinger complex. These neurons display pacemaker activity and are located near the upper end of the medullary respiratory centre

125
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What is the mechanism of inspiration?

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Rhythm is generated by the pre-botzinger complex
Excited the dorsal respiratory group of neurones
This fires in bursts
The firing leads to the contraction of inspiratory muscles
When firing stops, there is a passive expiration

126
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What is the muscle contraction that allows for active inspiration?

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Volume of the thorax is increased vertically by the contraction of the diaphragm flattening out its dome shape. Mediated by phrenic nerve from C3,4,5
External intercostal muscle contraction lifts the ribs and moves out the sternum. This is called the bucket handle mechanism

127
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When is active expiration used?

A

Hyperventilation

128
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What is the mechanism of active expiration?

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Increased firing of dorsal neurones excites a second group called the ventral respiratory group neurones
These ventral respiratory group neurones excite internal intercostals and abdominal muscles that induce forceful expiration
In normal quiet breathing, ventral nerones do not activate expiratory muscles

129
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Where can rhythm generated in the medulla by modified?

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By neurones in the pons

130
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What is the mechanism by which the rhythm is modified in the pons?

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Occurs in thte pneumotaxic centre in the pons (PC)
Stimulation of PC terminates inspiration
PC is stimulated when the dorsal respiratory neurones fire to inhibit inspiration
Without PC breathing would be prolonged inspiratory gasps with brief expiration - this called apneusis

131
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What occurs in the apneustic centre?

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Impulses from these neurones excite the inspiratory centre of the medulla prolonging inspiration

132
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Where are respiraotry centres influenced by stimuli from?

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Higher brain centres such as cerebral cortex, limbic system and hypothalamus
Stretch receptors in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles - the inflation of hering-breur reflex that is a guard against hyperinflation
Juxtapulmonary (J) receptors - stimulated by pulmonary capillary congestion , pulmonary oedema and pulmonary emboli that results in rapid shallow breathing
Joint receptors - stimulated by joint movement
Baroreceptors - increased ventilatory rate in response to decreased BP
Central chemoreceptors
Peripheral chemoreceptors

133
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What are examples of involuntary modifications of breathing?

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Pulmonary stertch receptors - hering breur reflex
Joint receptors - reflex in exercise
stimulation of resp centre by temperature, adrenaline, or impulses from cerebral cortex
Cough reflex

134
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How are pulmonary stretch receptors activated?

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Only activated during inspiration, afferent discharge inhibits inspiration. This is the Hering-Breur reflex. They only switch off inspiration when tidal volumes are large. Prevent overinflation of lungs during hard exercise

135
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How are joint reflexes activated?

A

Impulses from moving limbs relexely increases breathing. This contributes to the increased ventilation during exercise

136
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What factors will increase ventilation during exercise?

A 
Reflexes originating from body movement 
Adrenaline release 
Impulses from cerebral cortex 
Increase in body temp 
Accumulation of carbon dioxide and protons generated by active muscles
137
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Why do we need a cough reflex and what does it do?

A

It is a vital part of the bodies defence mechanisms. It helps to clear airways of dust, dirt or excessive secretions

138
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How is the cough reflex activated?

A

Irritation of airways or tight airways such as asthma

The centre is in the medulla

139
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What is the basic mechanism of a cough?

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Short intake of breath
Closure of larynx
Contraction of abdominal muscles which increases intra-alveolar pressure
Opening of larynx and expulsion of air at high speed

140
Q

What type of system is chemical control of respiration?

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Negative feedback control system

141
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What are the controlled variables in the chemical control of respiration?

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Blood gas tensions such as carbon dioxide

142
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What senses the values of gas tensions in the chemical control of respiration?

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Chemoreceptors
Peripheral chemoreceptors sense tension of oxygen, carbon dioxide and H+ in the blood
Central chemoreceptors respond to the H+ of the CSF

143
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Where are central chemoreceptors located?

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Near the surface of the medulla

144
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How is the CFS separated from the blood?

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By the blood brain barrier which is relatively impermeable to H+ and HCO3 but carbon dioxide diffuses readily across is. CSF contains less protein than blood and hence is less buffered than blood

145
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What is hypoxic drive?

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It is all vis the peripheral chemoreceptors and is stimulated where the arterial PO2 falls to low levels of less than 8.0 kPa. This is not important in normal respiration but is important in patients with chronic CO2 retention and at high altitudes

146
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What happens when hypoxia is severe?

A

The neurones are depressed and the peripheral chemoreceptors are stimulated

147
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What does the partial pressure of inspired oxygen depend on?

A 
Total pressure (atmospheric pressure) 
Proportion of oxygen in gas mixture
148
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What is hypoxia at high altitudes caused by?

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Decreased partial pressure of inspired oxygen (PiO2)

This results in hyperventilation and increased cardiac output

149
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What are chronic adaptations to high altitude hypoxia?

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Increased RBC production
Increased 2,3 BPG production within RBC that means oxygen is offloaded into tissues more easily
Increased number of capillaries
Increased number of mitochondria
Kidneys conserve acid and so arterial pH is more acidic

150
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What is the H+ drive of respiration?

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H+ doesnt cross the blood brain barrier so peripheral chemoreceptors adjust for acidosis by the addition of non-carbonic acid H+ to the blood and the stimulation by H+ causes hyperventilation which increases the elimination of CO2

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