Pulmonary Dynamics Flashcards
Breathing is essential to the
bioenergetic processes of life.
What are purposes of breathing?
1: Exchange of O2
2: Exchange of CO2
3: Control of Blood Acidity
4: Oral communication
Where is O2 and CO2 exchanged?
Alveoli between the atmph and blood.
Process of ventilation results in Higher PO2 in _____ compared to _____
lungs
metabolizing tissues.
What affects the amount of O2 and CO2 exchanged between body and atmosphere?
Speed and depth of breathing.
movement of air in and out of lungs?
Ventilation
Cellular utilization of O2
Respiration.
How are inspiration and expiration regulated?
Frequency and Volume.
VDS=
deadspace= 150 mL
VA=
alveolar ventilation=
(V1-VDS)xF
VT=
Tidal volume=
VA+VDS
or
VE/F
VE=
Minute Ventilation=
VTxBF
It is more efficient to Breathe
Deep and less often.
increases VT and decrease F
What consumes O2 for work of breathing? what does this result in?
Respiratory muscles.
less O2 for exercising muscles.
Rate and depth of breathing are adjusted in response to
Body’s metabolic needs.
What is regulated at resting values regardless of exercise intensity?
PaO2
PaCO2
pH
Results from inherent and automatic activity of inspiratory neurons?
Where are the cell bodies of these neurons?
Respiratory cycle.
in the medulla.
Inhalation is a ____ process
Expiration is a ___ process.
Active
Passive (recoil)
Specialized neurons that monitor blood conditions and provide feeback?
Chemoreceptors
Regulated by the chemical state of blood at rest?
Pulm ventilation.
Reduced O2 pressures stimulate ___ ? for what?
aortic and carotid chemoreceptors to increase ventilation.
What is the only protection against decrease in PaO2
Peripheral Chemoreceptors.
Peripheral chemoreceptors stimulate ventilation in response to
Decreased PaO2 Increase PaCO2 Temo Metabolic acidosis Decrease in BP Change in H+ exercise.
At rest for healthy ppl, most important stimulus is
why?
CO2 pressures.
increase in PaCO2 cause large increase in VE