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Respiratory System Flashcards

1
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Why does the esophagus have multiple layers of cells?

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For protection against harsh foods

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What is peristalsis?

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The smooth muscles in the small intestine that work like a marble in a hose, pinching it forward.
Also found in the esophagus to help food move through.

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What is segmentation?

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The smooth muscles in the small intestine pinch food back and forth to mix them up. This helps more if it come in contact with the surface for absorption.

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What is the purpose of bile salts?

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They are inserted to fat to prevent the fat all coming together. Lipids with bile salts attached are called micelles, which are something that we can absorb.

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What is the role of bile?

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To emuslify

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What are three main functions of respiration?

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Supply body with oxygen, move carbon dioxide outside, provide acid base buffering

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7
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Does exchange happen in conducting zones?

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No!

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What happens in respiratory zones?

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Oxygen is moved into the blood.

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9
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What are the 5 steps of respiration?

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  1. Pulmonary ventilation
  2. External respiration
  3. Transport of respiratory gasses
  4. Internal respiration
  5. Cellular respiration
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10
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What happens during pulmonary ventilation?

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Air moves in and out of the lungs

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What happens during external respiration?

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Gas exchange in lungs

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12
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What happens during transport of respiratory gases?

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Gases in blood transported from lungs to body cells and back to lungs

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What happens during internal respiration?

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Exchange of gases at body capillaries and cells (O2 unload, CO2 load)

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What happens during cellular respiration?

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Use of oxygen by cells to produce energy (production of CO2)

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If Atmospheric pressure is 760 mm Hg, what would intrapulmonary pressure be?

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760 mmHg

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At rest, what is the relationship between Ppulm and Pplur?

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At rest, intrapulmonary pressure is always going to be greater than intrapleural pressure.

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17
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What is Boyle’s Law?

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Pressure and volume are inversely related
P1V1 = P2V2

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18
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What are the forces acting to make lungs collapse?

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Elasticity and surface tension

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19
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What is transpulmonary pressure?

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The difference between Ppulm and Pplur. Transpulmonary pressure keeps the lungs inflated, prevents them from collapsing

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20
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Explain how air moves into the lungs.

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When we breathe we lower our diaphragm which increases volume in the lungs so pressure in lungs decreases. When this pressure decreases, air moves in the lungs until equilibrium.

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21
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Explain how air moves out of the lungs.

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Diaphragm goes back up when we relax which decreases volume in the lungs which increases the pulmonary pressure. When Ppulm is greater than Patm, the air moves out.

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22
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What is Ohm’s law?

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Flow = Change of pressure / Resistance

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23
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What is the difference between obstructive and restrictive disorders?

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Anything that slows down air movement is obstructive disorder, like asthma
Anything that restricts movement is a restrictive disease

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24
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What is lung compliance? Give examples.

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Lung compliance means how easily the lungs expand.
Lungs with a lot of scar tissue have low compliance
Too elastic lungs have too high compliance

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25
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What is carbon dioxide once it enters the blood?

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Carbonic acid

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26
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Why do alveoli have thin walls?

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Thin walls of alveoli allows for quick diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Alveoli are very small for higher surface volume.

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27
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What is anatomic dead space?

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Anatomic dead space is the conducting zone that we have to move air in and out with, but it doesn’t actually do anything. About 150mL with each breath.

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28
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What is physiologic dead space?

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Physiologic dead space is loss of exchange capacity due to pathology, like if you lose a lung or have a tumor taking up space.

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29
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What is the majority of oxygen in the blood bound to when transporting?

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98.5% of the oxygen that is transported in the blood in bound to hemoglobin. Only 1.5% is dissolved into plasma.

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30
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How many oxygen atoms are bound to a single hemogloben?

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4!

31
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Is oxygen binding the Hb a reversible process?

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YES! If oxygen cannot fall off then it can’t do anything.

32
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What is Hb called when is has all four oxygen atoms bound to the heme?

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Saturated Hb

33
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What is Hb called when only 1-3 oxygen atoms are attached to the hemes?

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Partially saturated hemoglobin

34
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When blood circulates and leaves the lungs it is 100% saturated. Why would it be 60% when it returns?

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If they are working out or have a need for more oxygen

35
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What are some factors that affect Hb saturation?

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Temp, oxygen level, ph of the blood, CO2 content, BPG (waste product)

36
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When CO2 diffuses into bloodstream, what percent remains dissolved in plasma?

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Only 7%

37
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What percent of CO2 diffused in the bloodstream diffuses into RBCs?

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93% diffuses into RBCs

38
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After 93% of CO2 is diffused into the RBCs, what percent of that is carried as carbonic acid?

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70%

39
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What happens to 23% of the CO2 that is diffused into RBCs?

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23% binds to Hb, forming carbaminohemoglobin

40
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What does Dorsal Respiratory Group do?

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Sends the signal to the diaphragm to contract

41
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What does Ventral Respiratory Group do?

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Forced inspiration and expiration to help with deeper breathing

42
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What do Pons centers do?

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Plays a role in smoothing the breathing system.

43
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What are the five basic processes to accomplish digestive system function?

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  1. Mechanical processing and movement
  2. Secretion of fluid, digestive enzymes and hormones, and bile, acid, alkali, and mucus.
  3. Digestion
  4. Absorption
  5. Elimination
44
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What is the cephalic phase in the digestive system?

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Sense- sound, sight, and smell

45
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What is the Pharynx?

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Common passageway for air and food

46
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What does the epiglottis do?

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Closes the airway temporarily so food will not enter the trachea

47
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What is chyme?

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Chyme is a water mixture of partially digested food and gastric juice that is delivered to the small intestine

48
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Does the stomach absorb nutrients?

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No!

49
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What percent of food is absorbed in the small intestine?

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90%

50
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What is the muscle that helps hold food in the stomach at the top?

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Cardiac sphincter

51
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What is the muscle that helps hold food in the stomach at the bottom?

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Pyloric sphincter

52
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What does the pyloric muscle do?

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It regulates chyme leaving the stomach

53
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What is the food you swallow called?

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Bolus

54
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What is the slurry of food and acid in your stomach called?

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Chyme

55
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What does the pancreas do?

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Secretes bicarb which neutralizes the acid in chyme.

56
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What are the 3 enzymes that the pancreas secretes to aid in digestion?

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Lipase- breaks down lipids
Protease- breaks down proteins
Amylase- breaks down carbs

57
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Where is amylase found?

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Saliva and pancreas

58
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What do we add in the stomach to aid in breakdown?

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Acid and pepsin

59
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What is the exocrine function of the pancreas?

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Releases enzymes

60
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What is the endocrine function of the pancreas?

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Insulin/glucagon, which are hormones

61
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What duct does bile go through immediately after exiting the liver?

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Hepatic duct

62
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What duct leads from the liver to the gallbladder?

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Cystic duct

63
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What duct releases bile down to the small intestine?

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Common bile duct

64
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Is the pancreas a gland?

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Yes because it can secrete

65
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Is the gallbladder a gland?

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No because it doesn’t secrete, it is just a storage space for bile.

66
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What does the hepatic portal vein do?

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It brings back all nutrients to be processed in the liver before blood go back to the inferior vena cava.

67
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Is blood that enters the liver the same when exiting?

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No, because it filters it a lot.

68
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What hormone is released from the stomach and what does it do?

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Gastrin, signals the stomach to squeeze to begin digestion

69
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What are the two hormones from the duodenum?

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Secretin and CCK

70
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What does secretin do?

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Signals to release bicarb and slows down stomach contraction

71
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What does CCK do?

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Sends a signal to the liver to secrete bile

72
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Bile from the liver and digestive juices from the pancreas enter which section of the small intestine?

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The duodenum

73
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Structurally, the human liver is divided into how many lobes?

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