Respiratory 2 Flashcards

1
Q

Amount of air inspired or expired during a normal breath

A

Tidal volume

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2
Q

Tidal volume formula

A

10cc/kg

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3
Q

The amount of extra air we can forcibly inhale or exhale after a normal breath is called

A

Reserve volume

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4
Q

Air that was breathed into lungs when first born, always there cannot be removed

A

Residual volume

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5
Q

Cheyne-stokes are patterns of respiration seen when

A

A patient is about to die

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6
Q

Area between nostrils and alveoli where gas exchange is not occurring

A

Dead space

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7
Q

Gas exchange is not occurring in dead space, but what is?

A

Warming, humidifying, and filtering of air

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8
Q

Physiological dead space

A

Non functioning alveoli

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9
Q

Fluid lungs keeping alveoli from collapsing

A

Surfactant; a fatty type fluid which breaks down the surface tension within the alveoli

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10
Q

This is made in the lungs during the last trimester of pregnancy. Important for maturing the babies lungs

A

Surfactant

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11
Q

Drugs to give mothers of premature babies who haven’t developed surfactant yet

A

Cortisone drugs

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12
Q

O2 is highest where, lowest where

A

Highest in alveoli, lowest in pulmonary capillaries

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13
Q

CO2 highest where, lowest where

A

Highest in pulmonary arteries

Lowest in alveoli

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14
Q

RBCs pick up ____ and leave ____

A

O2, CO2

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15
Q

Hemoglobin in blood in pulmonary veins is ____% saturated w O2

A

97%

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16
Q

Where respiratory center in brain is located that controls respiration

A

Medulla

17
Q

The #1 stimulus for respiratory center is

A

The CO2 level in blood

18
Q

Air passages are lined w hairlike projections called

A

Cilia

19
Q

What causes coughing or sneezing

A

When cilia in airways get overwhelmed (dust)

20
Q

Cases where epiglottis closes

A

Coughing, parturition, defecation, micturition

21
Q

Micturition

A

Urination

22
Q

Normal resp. rates for horse/cow

Dog/cat

A

Horse/cow: 10-20

Dog/cat: 15-30

23
Q

Best place to listen to lungs

A

Cranial/ventral

24
Q

Harsh lung noises

A

Rales

25
Q

Term for a nose bleed

A

Epistaxis

26
Q

A horse w an infected gutteral pouch may get

A

Nose bleeds (epistaxis)

27
Q

Free air in chest around lungs, prevents lungs from expanding normally.

A

Pneumothorax

28
Q

Non cancerous growths from eardrum to ear canal or Eustachian tube

A

Nasopharyngeal polyps