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1
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What does internal respiration refer to?

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The intracellular mechanisms which consume O2 and produce CO2

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What does external respiration refer to?

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Events that lead to the exchange of O2 and CO2 between the external environment and the cells of the body

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3
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What are the 4 steps of external respiration?

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Ventilation
Gas exchange (alveoli-blood)
Gas transport
Gas exchange (blood-tissues)

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4
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Which 3 body systems are involved in external respiration?

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Respiratory
Cardiovascular
Haematological

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5
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Define ventilation

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

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6
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Air flows from a region of ___ pressure to ___ pressure

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High, low

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7
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Intra-alveolar pressure must be greater than atmospheric pressure for air to flow into the lungs. True/False?

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Intra-alveolar pressure must be less than atmospheric pressure, since air flows from high to low pressure

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At constant temp, as the volume of a gas increases, the pressure exerted _____ (Boyle’s Law)

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Decreases

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9
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Before inspiration, intra-alveolar pressure = atmospheric pressure. True/False?

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True

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10
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Which 2 forces hold the lung and thoracic wall in close opposition?

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Intrapleural fluid cohesiveness

Negative intrapleural pressure

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11
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Describe intrapleural fluid cohesiveness

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Water molecules present in intrapleural fluid are attracted to each other/resist being pulled apart
This causes pleural membranes to stick together

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12
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Describe the effect of sub-atmospheric intrapleural pressure

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Creates a transmural pressure gradient across the lung and chest wall, causing lungs to expand outwards while the chest squeezes inwards (inspiration)

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13
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Intra-alveolar pressure = 760
Intrapleural pressure = 756
What happens across the lung wall?

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Lungs expand outwards

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14
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Intrapleural pressure = 756
Atmospheric pressure = 760
What happens across the thoracic wall?

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Chest squeezes inwards

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15
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Contraction of the diaphragm causes the volume of thorax to increase in which direction?

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Vertically

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16
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What is the function of external intercostal muscle in inspiration?

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Lifts ribs up, pushes out sternum

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17
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What is a pneumothorax?

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Air in the pleural space

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18
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What is the function of surfactant?

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Reduces alveolar surface tension

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19
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Smaller alveoli have a smaller tendency to collapse. True/False?

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False

More likely to collapse

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20
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What secretes surfactant?

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Type II alveoli

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21
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What cause respiratory distress syndrome in new borns?

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Not enough surfactant, leading to high alveolar surface tension

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22
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Describe alveolar interdependence

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When one alveoli starts to collapse, surrounding alveoli recoil in resistance, pulling the collapsing alveoli open

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23
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What are the 2 main accessory muscles of respiration?

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Scalenus

Sternocleidomastoid

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24
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What is meant by tidal volume?

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Volume of air entering/leaving the lungs in a single breath

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25
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What is meant by inspiratory reserve volume?

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Volume of air that can be maximally inspired beyond the tidal volume

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26
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What is meant by inspiratory capacity?

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TV + IRV

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27
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What is meant by expiratory reserve volume?

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Volume of air that can be maximally expired beyond the tidal volume

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28
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What is meant by residual volume?

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Volume of air remaining in lungs after maximal expiration

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29
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What is meant by functional residual capacity?

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Volume of air remaining in lungs following normal expiration

ERV + RV

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30
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What is meant by vital capacity?

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Volume of air that can be maximally expired following maximal inspiration
TV + IRV + ERV

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31
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What is meant by total lung capacity?

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Maximum volume of air the lungs can hold

VC + RV

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32
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Residual volume can be measured with a spirometer. True/False?

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False

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33
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What is meant by forced vital capacity?

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Volume of air that can be forcefully maximally expired following maximum inspiration

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34
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In obstructive airways disease, FVC is low and FEV1 is low, but the FEV1/FVC ratio stays the same. True/False?

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False

FVC is normal/low, FEV1 is low, FEV1/FVC ratio is reduced

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35
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In restrictive airways disease, FVC is ___ and FEV1 is ___, and the FEV1/FVC ratio is ____

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Low, low, normal

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36
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What is the primary determinant of resistance to airflow?

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Radius of the conducting airway

37
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Intrapleural pressure falls during expiration. True/False?

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False

Rises during expiration; falls during inspiration

38
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What is meant by dynamic airway compression?

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The rising intrapleural pressure during expiration compresses the alveoli and airway

39
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What is pulmonary compliance?

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How easy/difficult it is to stretch the lungs

40
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Low pulmonary compliance means that the lung does not have to work as hard to inflate. True/False?

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False

Decreased compliance means more effort isrequired to inflate the lungs

41
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What is anatomical dead space with regards to airways?

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Part of the airways where gas exchange does not occur

42
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Pulmonary Ventilation = volume of air breathed in and out per minute = ?

43
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Alveolar ventilation is greater than pulmonary ventilation. True/False?

A

False

It is less than pulmonary ventilation due to dead space

44
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Define alveolar ventilation

A

Volume of air exchanged between the atmosphere and alveoli per minute

45
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How can pulmonary ventilation be increased?

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Increase the depth of breathing

Increase the respiratory rate

46
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Blood flow is faster at the top of the lungs. True/False?

A

False

Faster at the bottom

47
Q

V/Q ratio is better at the top of the lungs. True/False?

48
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Accumulation of CO2 as a result of _____ perfusion leads to _____ airflow (by _____ airflow resistance)

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Increased, increased, decreasing

49
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Accumulation of O2 as a result of ____ ventilation leads to pulmonary vaso____

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Increased, vasodilation

50
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What are the 4 factors which influence the rate of gas exchange across the alveolar membrane?

A

Partial pressures of O2 and CO2
Diffusion coefficient of O2 and CO2
Surface area of membrane
Thickness of membrane

51
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The partial pressure of O2 is less than the partial pressure of CO2. True/False?

52
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What is the diffusion coefficient of a gas?

A

The solubility of the gas in membranes

53
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The diffusion coefficient of CO2 is __ times that of O2

54
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The amount of gas that will dissolve in a given volume is proportional to the ________ of the gas at equilibrium within the liquid (Henry’s Law)

A

Partial pressure

55
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If the partial pressure is increased, less gas will dissolve. True/False?

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False

More gas will dissolve

56
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PO2 is normally ___ mm Hg (___ kPa)

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100 mm Hg, 13.3 kPa

57
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Most O2 is transported in the blood in the dissolved form. True/False?

A

False

Most is bound to haemoglobin

58
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How many haem groups does one haemoglobin molecule contain?

59
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What is the primary determination of haemoglobin O2 saturation?

60
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When the concn of haemoglobin is decreased, what happens to oxygen saturation? Why?

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Stays the same
Remaining haemoglobin is still fully saturated as PO2 remains the same, but less haemoglobin means there is less oxygen being carried in total - but saturations are normal!

61
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Binding of one O2 to haemoglobin increases affinity of Hb for O2. True/False?

62
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What is the Bohr Effect?

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Increased release of O2 from Hb at tissues (sigmoid shifts to right)

63
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Where is myoglobin mainly present?

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Skeletal and cardiac muscle

64
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What shape is the dissociation curve for myoglobin and oxygen?

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Hyperbolic

65
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Presence of myoglobin in the blood indicates what?

A

Muscle damage

66
Q

What are the 3 methods of CO2 transport in the blood?

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Solution
As bicarbonate
As carbamino compounds

67
Q

Most CO2 is transported in the blood as what?

A

Bicarbonate

68
Q

Which enzyme catalyses formation of bicarbonate?

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Carbonic anhydrase in RBCs

69
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Where does CO2 bind on haemoglobin to form carbaminohaemoglobin?

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Globin part

70
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Reduced Hb binds more CO2 than HbO2. True/False?

71
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What is the Haldane Effect?

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Removing O2 from Hb increases Hb’s affinity for CO2 and CO2-generated H+
i.e. O2 will be released at tissues; this will increase affinity of Hb for CO2; thus CO2 will be taken up from tissues!

72
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Which part of the brain is the main rhythm generator of breathing?

73
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The breathing rhythm is generated by a group of neurones called the ________

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Pre-Botzinger Complex

74
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Where is the Pre-Botzinger Complex located?

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Upper end of medulla

75
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Inspiration is caused by firing of which neurones?

A

Dorsal respiratory group neurones

76
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When are ventral respiratory group neurones fired? What do they excite?

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In active expiration (hyperventilation) after increased firing of dorsal respiratory group neurones
Excite secondary muscles of respiration

77
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The rhythm generated in the medulla can be modified by neurones in what other part of the brain?

78
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What is the function of the Pneumotaxic Centre in the pons?

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Inhibits inspiration; stimulated when dorsal respiratory group neurones fire

79
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What is the function of the Apneustic Centre in the pons?

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Prolong inspiration; impulses from here excite the inspiratory area of the medulla

80
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Stretch receptors can influence the respiratory centres in the brain. What do they do and guard against?

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Inhibit inspiration

Guard against overinflation of lungs

81
Q

Joint receptors influence respiratory centres in the brain, how?

A

Moving limbs leads to increased breathing

82
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What is the function of chemoreceptors?

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Sense values of gas/chemical tensions

83
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Chemoreceptors which sense tension of O2, CO2 and [H+] in the blood

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Peripheral chemoreceptors

84
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Where are peripheral chemoreceptors located?

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Carotid + aortic bodies

85
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Chemoreceptors which sense the [H+] of the CSF

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Central chemoreceptors

86
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Where are central chemoreceptors located?

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Near the medulla

87
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What separates CSF from blood?

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Blood-brain barrier

88
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CO2 and [H+] diffuse readily across the blood-brain barrier. True/False?

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False

Only CO2 diffuses readily

89
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Stimulation of peripheral chemoreceptors (by [H+]) causes hypoventilation and CO2 retention. True/False?

A

False

Hyperventilation and CO2 elimination

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