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Resperatory System Flashcards

1
Q

What is boyle’s law?

A

Volume changes lead to pressure changes which lead to the flow of gases

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2
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What leads to the flow of gases?

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Volume changes, which then cause pressure changes

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3
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What is the number one rule with gasses?

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Gasses always fill their container

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4
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What way does the diaphragm move?

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Inferiorly

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5
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What lifts the ribcage?

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Intercostal muscles

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6
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What do the intercostal muscles do?

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They lift the ribcage

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7
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What decreases during inspiration?

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Pressure decreases

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8
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When does pressure decrease?

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During inspiration

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9
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How does expiration work?

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The lung’s elasticity cause it to happen

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10
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What does the lungs elasticity do?

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It causes expiration

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11
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What is the process of respiration?

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Pulmonary ventilation, external respiration, transport of respiratory gases, internal respiration

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What are the parts of the pharynx?

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Nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharynx

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13
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What is inspiratory reserve volume?

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The absolute most air you can inhale

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14
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What is the absolute most air you can inhale called?

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Inspiratory reserve volume

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15
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What is the absolute most air you can exhale called?

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Vital capacity

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16
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What is vital capacity?

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The absolute most air you can inhale

17
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What is residual volume?

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The amount of air you normally breathe in

18
Q

What is the amount of air you can’t get rid of called?

A

Residual volume

19
Q

What is total lung capacity?

A

The vital capacity plus ***

20
Q

What is airway resistance?

A

Friction versus the cross sectional area

21
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What is friction versa the cross sectional area called?

A

Airway resistance

22
Q

What does alveolar surface tension do?

A

It tries to decrease alveolar size

23
Q

What tries to decrease alveolar size?

A

Alveolar surface tension

24
Q

What prevents lung collapse?

A

Surfactant

25
Q

What does surfactant do?

A

It prevents lung collapse

26
Q

What is lung compliance?

A

The stretchiness of the lungs

27
Q

What is the stretchiness of the lungs called?

A

Lung compliance

28
Q

What does lung compliance cause?

A

The detensibility of tissue and AST

29
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What causes the detensibility of tissue and AST?

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Lung compliance

30
Q

Describe pleurae

A

A thin, double-layered serosa

31
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What are the two types of pleurae?

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Parietal and visceral

32
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What is in the pleurae?

A

The pleural cavity and fluid

33
Q

What does fluid in the pleurae do?

A

It prevents separation

34
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What prevents lug separation?

A

The fluid of the pleurae

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