respiration Flashcards
primary purpose of the respiratory system
maintain arterial blood-gas homeostasis
how is arterial blood-gas homeostasis maintained?
- pulmonary ventilation
- alveolar gas exchange
- gas transport
- systemic gas exchange
what is the epiglottis
separates upper and lower respiratory tracts
what are the lungs enclosed within
membranes called pleura
the intrapleural pressure is less than in the atmosphere preventing alveoli from collapsing
how many airway generations are there?
23
main bronchi is Zi conducting zone extending to the terminal bronchioles Z16
gas exchange in the respiratory zone Z17-23
how many alveoli in the lungs
300-500 million in each 1/3mm in diameter
where does pulmonary gas exchange take place
pulmonary capillary
oxygen an carbon dioxide move between air and blood through diffusion from high to low pressure
what is Ficks low of diffusion
- volume of gas passing through sheet is dependant on:
1. SA
2.thickness
3. diffusion coefficient
4. pressure gradient
what is the blood-gas barrier
- thin and has a vast SA
- ideal for gas exchange
what are the mechanics of breathing?
- movement of air into and out of lung by changes in pressure, flow and volume
- inspiration = volume of thoracic cavity increases at respiratory muscles contract
- ribs increase transverse diameter of thorax during inspiration (bucket handle motion)
- ribs increase anteroposterior diameter of thorax during inspiration (pump handle motion)
what muscles are used at rest
- diaphragm contraction is responsible for majority of pulmonary ventilation and expiration is passive
what muscles are used during exercise?
- diaphragm assisted by external intercostals muscles, scalenes sternocleidomastoid increase pulmonary ventilation 01-20 fold above resting levels
- expiration active by contraction on rectus abdomens, internal intercostals and external oblique
what is ohms law
- current = voltage/resistance applied to breathing
- airflow dependent on pressure gradient and airway resistance
poiseullies law
- resistance dependant on length and radius of a tube
- raised to fourth power thus major determinant of airway resisitance
resistance to airflow is determined by what
airway diameter - asthma and COPD are conditions negatively impacting the ventilatory response to exercise
the ventilatory response to constant load steady-state exercise occurs in 3 phases:
- immediate increase in Ve
- exponential increase in Ve
- plateau