Respiratory system Flashcards
What is pulmonary ventilation?
Breathing of air into/out of the lungs
What are the 2 types of gaseous exchange?
External respiration
Internal respiration
What is external respiration?
Gaseous exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and blood
What is internal respiration?
Gaseous exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood and muscles/tissues
What is cellular respiration?
In mitochondria, oxygen is used to break down glucose into carbon dioxide and water during aerobic respiration
Which muscles contract in inspiration at rest?
External intercostal muscles
Diaphragm
Which extra muscles contract in inspiration during exercise?
Sternocleidomastoid
Scalenes
Which muscles contract in expiration at rest?
None
The diaphragm and external intercostals passively relax
Which extra muscles contract in expiration during exercise?
Internal intercostal muscles
External/internal obliques
Rectus abdominus
What 2 things can muscles do?
Actively contract or passively relax
What does muscle contraction and relaxing cause?
Movement of the ribs, sternum and abdomen either up and out or down and in
What does the movement of the ribs, sternum and abdomen cause?
The volume of the thoracic cavity to either increase or decrease
What happens when the volume of the thoracic cavity is decreased?
Lung air pressure increases causing expiration
What happens when the volume of the thoracic cavity is increased?
Lung air pressure decreases causing inspiration
Which ones of these are active? Inspiration at rest Expiration at rest Inspiration during exercise Expiration during exercise
Inspiration at rest
Inspiration during exercise
Expiration during exercise
Why is expiration at rest the only passive process?
It is the only one where no muscles actively contract, all muscles just passively relax
What % of oxygen is carried in red blood cells as oxyhaemoglobin?
97%
What % of oxygen is carried in blood plasma?`
3%
What % of carbon dioxide is carried in haemoglobin as carbaminohaemoglobin?
23%
What % of carbon dioxide is dissolved in blood plasma?
7%
What % of carbon dioxide is combined with water in red blood cells as carbonic acid?
70%
What is haemoglobin?
A protein molecule in red blood cells which contains 4 haem groups that can each carry 1 oxygen molecule
What process does gaseous exchange depend on?
Diffusion
What is diffusion?
Movement of gases from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure down the diffusion gradient
What is a diffusion gradient?
The difference between the high and low pressure
What happens to diffusion as the diffusion gradient increases?
More diffusion occurs and at a quicker rate.
Therefore, more gaseous exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place,.