Respiratory Physiology 2 Flashcards

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What is Dalton’s law?

A

The total pressure of a gas mixture is equal to the sum of the pressures that each gas in the mixture would exert independently

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2
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The pressure that a particular gas in a mixture exerts independently

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partial pressure

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3
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What percent of oxygen in the atmosphere

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21%

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4
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With increasing altitude, total and partial pressure of gases _______

A

decrease

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5
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When does gas dissolved in fluid reach maximum value

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when a liquid and gas (like blood and alveolar air) are at equilibrium

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6
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What does the value of equilibrium between a gas and a liquid depend on according to Henry’s law?

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solubility of gas in the fluid, temperature, and partial pressure of the gas

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7
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What does the oxygen electrode measure?

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dissolved oxygen in water or plasma, not o2 bound to hemoglobin

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8
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At a normal PO2 what is the oxyhemoglobin saturation

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97%

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9
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What device measures oxyhemoglobin saturation

A

pulse oximeter

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10
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T/F supplemental oxygen improves athletic performance

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False

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11
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Where is arterial blood gas test generally performed?

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radial artery

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12
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Why are values of arterial blood clinically significant but not venous blood?

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because they are relatively constant and reflect lung function while venous is more variable

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13
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Gas exchange for CO2 moves from _____ to _____

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tissues to blood

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14
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Breathing 100% oxygen below 2.5 atmospheres of pressure can lead to

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oxygen toxicity

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15
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“rapture of the deep”

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nitrogen narcosis

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16
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What happens in decompression sickness

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if diver surfaces too quickly nitrogen gas bubbles form and blood small vessels

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17
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How to treat decompression sickness and what law explains the treatment

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hyperbaric oxygen therapy, Boyles law

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18
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What else can HBOT treat?

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gas gangrene and carbon monoxide poisoning

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19
Q

Where is the respiratory control center?

A

medulla oblongata

20
Q

What controls automatic breathing?

A

rhymicity center, central and peripheral chemoreceptors

21
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Where are central chemoreceptors located

A

medulla oblongata

22
Q

Where are peripheral chemoreceptors located?Te

A

aortic bodies and carotid bodies

23
Q

What chemoreceptors send info to medulla via the vagus nerve and what sends info via the glossopharangeal nerve?

A

aortic, carotid

24
Q

Brainstem dysfunction that leads to fatal apnea when sleeping

A

ondine’s curse

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Two ways to get ondine's curse
trauma to brainstem or congenital central hypoventilation syndrom
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How to treat a defective gene in the retrotrapezoid nucleus of the medulla
ventilation and tracheostomy
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Hypoventilation leads to
rise in PCO2 and fall in pH (acidic
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Why does blood oxygen content decrease more slowly than CO2
becase of reservoir in hemoglobin
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What is more immediately affected by changes in ventilation
PCO2 and pH
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Other names for hypoventilation and hyperventilation
hypercapnia and hypocapnia
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What stimulates a newborn to take its first breath? And what do they primarily use to breath?
buildup of CO2 and fall in pH, nose
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Hyperventilation in swimmers can lead to
shallow water blackout
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What process occurs that could lead to death in swimmers from hyperventilation?
hypervenilation- blows off CO2-->respiratory alkalosis-->vigorous swimming reduces oxygen levels (weak stim for breathing)--> insufficient O2 for aerobic metabolism--> ATP levels drop in the brain--> unconsciousness
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aortic and carotid bodies are stimulated by _____ while the medulla chemoreceptors are stimulated by _____
H+, PCO2
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Immediate increase in ventilation is produced by _____ but ____ is ultimately responsible for most of the increased ventilation in response to arterial PCO2 increases
peripheral chemoreceptors, chemoreceptors in the medulla
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How does hypocapnia affect calcium
lowers plasma calcium---> tetany
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How does blood PO2 affect breathing
indirectly by influencing the chemorecptor sensitivity changes to PCO2
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When oxygen can significantly stimulate ventilation
hypoxic drive
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The direct effect of PO2 on carotid bodies is carried out by
glomus cells in carotid bodies
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How are people with emphysema stimulated to breath and why?
hypoxic drive, because chemoreceptor response becomes sensitized to chronically high CO2
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Why is the way people with emphysema stimulated to breath medically important?
If you give them an oxygen mask they may stop breathing, so you need to manually ventilate for them
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Another name for SIDS
crib death
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Hypothesized cause of SIDS
failure of central or peripheral chemorecptors to detect rise in CO2
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dangers of obstructive sleep apnea
pulmonary hypertension and right ventricle hypertrophy
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Treatment of sleep apnea
continuous positive airway pressure