Respiratory Anatomy and Physiology Lab#5 Flashcards
What is the flow of blood controlled by?
Heart rate and blood pressure
How is breathing rate expressed?
Breaths/minute normally around 8-12 breaths per minute
What are the apices of the lung and where do they extend?
The apices are the corners of the tops of the lungs lateral to the heart.
What is the outermost surface of the chest cavity?
Thoracic well (rib cage, associated with its muscles)
What does the diaphragm create?
The inferior portion of the thoracic cavity
Does air pressure go from high to low?
Yes
What happens if tissues are deprived of oxygen for long periods of time?
They die
The lungs are individually surrounded by double membranous (serous membrane) sac called?
The pleura
What is one way to change pressure of a gas?
To change the volume of its container
How is the mechanical process of pulmonary ventilation achieved?
By rhythmically changing the volume of the thoracic cavity (Chest Cavity)
According to Boyle’s law changes in volume will change what in a a closed system?
The pressures
Pressures always flow from an area of ________ pressure to an area of ______ pressure.
High; Low
When the pressure inside the lungs drops slightly below atmospheric pressure as the chest cavity expands what happens to the air?
The air is drawn into the lungs
When the pressure in the lungs rises slightly above atmospheric pressure as the chest cavity relaxes what happens to the air?
The air is expelled out of the lungs
Inhalation is a mechanical process that involves what?
Enlarging the thoracic cavity
Movement requires ______ and ______ of skeletal muscles for contraction.
Energy and Innervation
What happens when the phrenic nerve innervates the the diaphragm?
It cause the dome-shaped muscle to flatten
The diaphragm is responsible for most of your breathing efforts when?
At rest
Intercostals are used to
Provide extra-inspiratory effort or for coughing when passive recoil of the lung does not provide enough expiratory force.
What happens when the external intercostal muscles contract?
They raise and pivot the ribs thereby lifting and expanding the outer walls of the thoracic cavity causing the volume of the thoracic cavity to be enlarged.
Once the volume of the lungs has increase what happens to the pressure inside the lungs?
It decreases
What is the intrapulmonary pressure?
About 3mmHg less than that of atmospheric air
Expiration is
Is usually a passive process that relies on the relaxation of skeletal muscles
If the diaphragm and intercostals return to their resting position what happens to the size of the thoracic cavity and the pressure in the lungs?
Thoracic cavity decreases and pressure increases
Emphysema is a disease caused by what?
Smoking and the inhalation of particulate matter
Is Emphysema preventable?
Yes
Emphysema destroys what?
The walls of the alveoli and the elastin in the lungs, both of which are important for passive exhalation.