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Pulmonary Blood Flow and Gas Exchange and Transport 1 Flashcards

1
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How does alveolar ventilation and compliance change with height from the base to the apex?

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Both of them decline

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Why does compliance decline with height from the base to the apex?

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Alveoli are more inflated at FRC at the apex, since the ones at the base are more compressed

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What does the alveoli at the apex being more inflated than the ones at the base mean for changes in intrapleural pressure?

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Changes in pressure brings about bigger changes in alveolar volume at the base

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4
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What does the pulmonary vein carry?

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Oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart

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5
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What does the pulmonary artery carry?

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Deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs

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6
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What are the 2 kinds of blood supply to the lungs?

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Bronchial circulation

Pulmonary circulation

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7
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What is the purpose of bronchial circulation?

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Supply the lungs with nutrients

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8
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What circulation supplies the lungs with nutients?

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Bronchial circulation

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9
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What is bronchial circulation supplied via?

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Bronchial arteries from systematic circulation to supply oxygenated blood to airway smooth muscle, nerves and lung tissue

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10
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What is the purpose of pulmonary circulation?

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Gas exchange

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11
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What circulation is used for gas exchange?

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Pulmonary circulation

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12
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What does pulmonary circulation consist of?

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Left and right pulmonary arteries originating from the right ventricle

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13
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What does pulmonary circulation do?

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Carries entire cardiac output from right ventricle, supplying dense capillary network surrounding the alveoli and returns oxygenated blood to the left atrium via the pulmonary vein

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14
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What kind of system is the pulmonary circulation?

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High flow, low pressure

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15
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How does air diffuse across membranes?

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Down its partial gradiants

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16
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What does gas exchange occur due to?

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Presence of partial pressures

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17
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Where is the partial pressure of oxygen highest?

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In arterial circulation

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18
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Where is the partial pressure of carbon dioxide highest?

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In venous circulation

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19
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What does the abbreviation “A” mean in regards to partial pressures?

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Alveolar

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20
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What does the abbreviation “a” mean in regards to partial pressures?

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Arterial blood

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21
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What does the abbreviation “v” mean with regards to partial pressures?

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Mixed venous blood (such as pulmonary artery)

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22
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What does PaO2 mean?

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Partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood

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23
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What does PACO2 mean?

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Partial pressure of carbon dioxide in alveolar air

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24
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What does mixed venous blood (v) reflect the values of?

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Values in tissue

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25
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What does arterial blood (a) reflect the values of?

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Values of lungs

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26
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What rules does the diffusion of gases follow?

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Rules for simple diffusion:

Moves across a membrane that is permeable to that gas

Moves down it’s partial pressure grandient until equilbrium is reached

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27
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What must a membrane be for a gas to diffuse across it?

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Permeable to that gas

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28
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When does a gas stop diffusing down it’s concentration gradient?

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When equilbrium is reached

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29
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What is the rate of diffusion across a membrane directly proportional to?

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Partial pressure gradient

Gas solubility

Surface area

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30
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What is the rate of diffusion across a membrane inversely proportionate to?

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Thickness of the membrane

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31
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When is diffusion most rapid?

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Over short distances

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32
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Why does oxygen diffuse quicker than carbon dioxide, but no as great as might be expected?

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Oxygen has a much greater partial pressure gradient

Carbon dioxide is much more soluble

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33
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What is the typical diffusion rate of oxygen?

34
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What is the typical diffusion rate of carbon dioxide?

35
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What does partial pressure in the alveoli reflect?

A

Systemic arterial blood

36
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What does partial pressure in pulmonary arteries reflect?

A

Partial pressure at tissues

37
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What are the typical partial pressure values for oxygen and CO2 in alveoli?

A

Oxygen 100mmHg

Carbon dioxide 40mmHg

38
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What are the typical partial pressure values for oxygen and CO2 in the pulmonary arteries?

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Oxygen 40mmHg

Carbon dioxide 46mmHg

39
Q

What are some pathologies that affect gas exchange?

A

Emphysema

Fibrotic lung disease

Pulmonary edema

Asthma

40
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How does emphysema affect gas exchange?

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Destruction of alveoli reduces surface area for gas exchange

41
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What disease reduces the surface area for gas exchange?

42
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How does fibrotic lung disease affect gas exchange?

A

Thickened alveolar membrane slows gas exchange, loss of lung compliance may decrease alveolar ventilation

43
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What disease thickens alveolar membranes and slows gas exchange?

A

Fibrotic lung disease

44
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How does a pulmonary edema affect gas exchange?

A

Fluid in interstitial space increases diffusion distance

Arterial PCO2 may be normal due to higher CO2 solubility in water

45
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What disease causes fluid in interstitial space that increases the distance gas needs to diffuse?

A

Pulmonary edema

46
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How does asthma affect gas exchange?

A

Increased airway resistance decreases airway ventilation

47
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What disease increases airway resistance and decreases alveolar ventilation?

48
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What is present to help diffusion between alveoli and red blood cells?

A

Alveoli have a large surface area

Thin membrane between the two for a short diffusion distance

49
Q

What does this show the histology of?

A

Fibrotic alveoli

50
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What does this chest X-ray show?

51
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What does this histology show?

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Pulmonary oedema

52
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What disease has this lung suffered from?

53
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How should ventilation and perfusion compare to each other?

A

Complement each other

54
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What is ventilation?

A

Air getting to alveoli in L/min

55
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What is perfusion?

A

Local blood flow in L/min

56
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How do blood flow and ventilation change with heigh across the lung?

A

Both decrease

57
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How does blood flow compare to ventilation at the base of the lung and why?

A

Blood flow is higher than ventilation due to arterial pressure exceeding alveolar pressure, which compresses the alveoli

58
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Why are alveoli at the base of the lung compressed?

A

Because arterial pressure exceeds alveolar pressure

59
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How does blood flow compare to ventilation at the apex?

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Blood flow is less than ventilation at the apex because arterial pressure is less than alveolar pressure, which compresses the arteries

60
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Why are the arteries compressed at the apex of the lung?

A

Because arterial pressure is less than alveolar pressure

61
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Where in the lung are alveoli and arteries compressed?

A

Alveoli are compressed at the base

Arteries are compressed at the apex

62
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How does blood flow and ventilation compare between the apex and the base of the lung?

A

Both are smaller at the apex, but at the base blood flow is greater than ventilation whereas at the apex ventilation is greater than blood flow

63
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Why does the ratio of ventilation to perfusion change within the lung between the base and the apex?

A

Due to difference between alveolar and arterial pressures, and because of gravity

64
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What is a perfectly matched ventilation/perfusion ratio?

65
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What is a mismatch ventilation:perfusion ratio?

A

Anything greater than or less than 1

66
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How much of a healthy lung performs well in matching perfusion and ventilation?

67
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Where does majority of the ventilation:perfusion mismatch take place?

68
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What occurs at the apex to try and keep the ventilation:perfusion ratio near 1?

A

Auto regulation, diverting blood to better ventilated alveoli

69
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What happens if ventilation becomes less than perfusion?

A

PCO2 increases and PO2 decreases

Blood flowing past those alveoli does not get oxygenated

70
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What is alveolar dead space?

A

When ventilation is greater than blood flow

71
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What is shunt?

A

When blood flow is greater than ventilation

72
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What happens when ventilation is greater than blood flow?

A

Increase in alveolar PO2 causing pulmonary vasodilation

Decrease in alveolar PCO2 causing mild bronchial constriction

73
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What is the response to alveolar dead space?

A

Increase perfusion and to lesser the extent decrease ventilation to bring the ratio back towards 1

74
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What is anatomical dead space?

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Air in the conducting zone of the respiratory tract unable to participate in gas exchange as walls of the airways in this region are too thick

75
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What is the air in conducting zones of the respiratory tract that is unable to participate in gas exchange due to the wall being to thick called?

A

Anatomical dead space

76
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What is physiologic dead space?

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Alveolar dead space + anatomical dead space

77
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What is alveolar dead space + anatomical dead space?

A

Physiologic dead space

78
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How would you describe pulmonary arterial pressures?

79
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What are typical sysolic and diastolic pulmonary arterial pressures?

A

Systolic 25mmHg

Diastolic 8mmHg

80
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What is the low pressure of the pulmonary arterial blood flow more susceptable to?

A

Effects of gravity which gives rise to a greater degree of variability in blood flow within the lung, the base being highly perfused compared to the apex

81
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Why is the base highly perfused compared to the apex?

A

Gravity having a great impact on the vessels due to the low pressure

82
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Why are the overall diffusion rates of CO2 and oxygen similar dispite CO2 diffusing much faster?

A

Oxygen has a greater partial pressure difference

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