Respiratory physiology 4

Question 1

Oxygen picked up by the ____ at the _____ must be transported to the _____ for cellular use.

Answer 1

blood
lungs
tissues

Question 2

Carbon dioxide picked up at the _____ must be transported back to the _____ in order for it to be removed from the body.

Answer 2

tissues

lungs

Question 3

Define henry’s law.

Answer 3

The amount of gas dissolved in a known type and volume of liquid at a constant temperature: is proportional to the partial pressure of the gas in equilibrium with the liquid.

Question 4

What two forms can oxygen be transported in?

Answer 4

Physically dissolved

Binding to haemoglobin (98.5% of the time).

Question 5

What can impair oxygen delivery to the tissues?

Answer 5

Heart disease

Respiratory disease

Question 6

What is the bohr effect?

Answer 6

The haemoglobin curve shifts to the right as a result of the change in conditions.

Question 7

Myoglobin is present in _____ and ______ muscles.

Answer 7

Skeletal

Cardiac