RESP 2 Flashcards
Which are more distensible/compliant… systemic capillaries or pulmonary capillaries?
pulmonary
Which are shorter… pulmonary or systemic veins?
pulmonary veins
Why is blood in the left atrium slighly lower O2 conc than blood in the pulmonary capillaries?
some deoxygenated blood from the bronchial veins mixes with oxygenated blood in the pulmonary veins.
What is the blood pressure and MAP in the pulmonary circulation?
25/8
14 mmHg
What is the average pulmonary capillary pressure?
7 mmHg
Pulmonary blood volume accounts for ~ ____ of blood volume but is is highly variable.
9% (450ml)
What increases pulmonary blood volume?
- inspiration
- lying down
- disease states (heart failure)
What will opening more capillaries do to total resistance?
increase surface area and decrease resistance
An increase in blood flow leads to a ________ in pulmonary vascular resistance.
decrease
An increase in Flow (CO) to lungs will decrease pulmonary Resistance
through:
- Recruitment of pulmonary capillaries
- Distension of pulmonary capillaries
When PAO2 (Alveolar concentration of O2) drops 70% below normal, adjacent blood vessels…
constrict
What then would happen throughout the pulmonary circulation at a high altitude where PAO2 is reduced?
pulmonary hypertension
What happens in the systemic circulation when PaO2 levels drop?
vasodilation
If PAO2 is high adjacent vessels will…
dilate
Perfusion of a hypoventilated alveolus would result in blood with _______ PaO2 (if no vasoconstriction occurred)
decreased
What allows blood to be sent to better ventilated alveoli to maximize gas exchange?
Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV)