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Respiratory System component 14 Flashcards

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What are the requirements to breathe?

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  1. An open airway (tongue can be most common obstruction but you can’t swallow it)
  2. effective muscles of respiration e.g diaphragm, intercostal muscles (in between ribs)
  3. A non toxic atmosphere e.g of a toxic atmosphere would be carbon monoxide
  4. Stable chest wall
  5. Ability of the lungs to expand and contract
  6. Free passage of gas between the alveoli and blood
  7. Good circulation (do compressions before respiration’s in CPR)
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Composition of Inspired v expired air %

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Nitrogen - 78% vs 78%
Oxygen - 21% vs 16% (decreases as used for cell respiration)
Co2 - 0.04 vs 4%
Water vapour - variable (depends where you are and type of day) vs saturated (can’t hold anymore water vapour than you breathe out)

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What are the functions of the respiratory system?

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  1. Extract 02 (02 + glucose = energy and waste)
  2. Excrete co2
  3. Maintain acid base (PH of the blood). balance between how much co2 we want to keep and how much we want to get rid of. Too acidic not good and to alkali not good.
  4. Ventilate the lungs
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How does the resp system do its functions

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  1. Pulmonary ventilation - the movement of air in and out the lungs
  2. External respiration - the movement of 02 from lungs into the bloodstream and co2 from bloodstream into the lungs.
  3. Internal respiration - the movement of 02 from the bloodstream into the tissues and cells of the body and co2 from the cells and tissues in the bloodstream
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Route of air

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Air goes into the Nasal cavity > this warms the air up quickly as has lots of blood vessels. The hair filters and stops foreign bodies. The mucus moistens the air as it comes in and helps to expel particles > nasopharynx > soft palate (part of this prevents food going into nose called uvula) > oropharynx > epiglottis (leaf shaped - closes over trachea when you swallow to prevent food going in) > laryngopharynx

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How many cartilages does the larynx have and what is the function of the larynx?

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9 cartilages
They are: 3 single cartilage - epiglottis, thyroid and cricoid cartilage
And 3 pairs of cartilage - arytenoid, cornice late and cuneiform

larynx is a different shape in children
Larger in males than females

Functions: production of sound, speech, protection, passage for air, filtering and warming. Epiglottis stops food entering larynx.

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The trachea…

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Extends from the larynx to region of 5th thoracic vertebra where bifurcation takes place

10-11cm in length, 2.5cm in diameter

Cartilaginous C shaped rings, 16-20 in number. Shaped like this as we want it open all the time.

Terminating at the carina

Outer layer - fibrous, elastic tissue, encloses the cartilage
Middle layer - cartilage and bands of smooth muscle (smooth muscle can’t be controlled)
Inner layer - ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet cells.)I

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What do goblets cells do?

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Secrete/ produce mucus

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What are the functions of the trachea

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Support\patency
Mucociliary escalator (hairs on lining of trachea will push mucus up to back of throat) if above throat will push it down to swallow)
Cough reflex

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Right and left primary bronchus

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Right and left primary bronchus
Right is more acute in angle and shorter (2.5cm) resulting in foreign objects more likely to enter right lung.
Left bronchus is longer and narrower.

In children haven’t developed the more acute angle or bigger bronchus.

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Bronchial tree

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Right and left primary bronchus divide further into
Secondary bronchi
Tertiary bronchi
Bronchioles
Terminal bronchioles
Alveoli (external respiration takes place here approx 300 million covering 70m2)

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The lungs

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Two, coned shape lungs, with an apex, base, Costal surface and medial surface

Pleural membrane - parietal pleura. Potential space between these. Then visceral pleura. Lung has two layers so that when you breathe in it opens the lungs. But occasionally those two layers get air between and pulls away. This is called a haemothorax.

5 lobes in chest (right lung has 3 and left has 2)
Lobes subdivided into lobules and then into alveoli.

Surfactant stops the alveoli collapsing on themselves. Premature babies don’t have this and so alveoli start to collapse when breathe out and snap shut.

Elastic fibres (if they weren’t there then chest wouldn’t move as much as it should). In emphysema patients have difficulty breathing out as lost elastic fibres)

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How much air does diaphragm produce

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70%

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Where are the lungs found

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Thoracic cavity

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What is the hilum?

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One on each lung. An entry point for…

blood vessels - pulmonary artists and veins
The bronchi
Lymph vessels
Nerves 
At a level of t5 to t7
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What is the pleura?

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Double layer of serous membrane which covers the lungs and the inside of the chest wall.
The layer that covers the lungs is called the visceral layer and the layer covering the inside of the chest wall is the parietal layer.
A potential space between the 2 layers is filled with serous fluid which prevents friction. This fluid also assists in the expansion of the chest wall during inspiration.
Allows chest wall to expand and drag lung with it without friction.

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What does Elastic tissue do

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Allows chest cavity to come back down to normal shape when you breathe in.

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Pulmonary artery

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We have two as go to left and right lung
Carry deoxygenated blood back to lungs to be oxygenated.
All arteries except this one carry oxygenated blood. This is one exception
pulmonary veins then return the blood To the heart (left atrium) with oxygenated blood.

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Bronchial artery

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Feeding lung tissue itself
Branch from the aorta
Oxygenated blood to the lungs
Perfuses walls of the bronchi and bronchioles
Returns to right atrium via the pulmonary veins or bronchial veins via the superior vena cava

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What is your larynx?

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Allows you to talk when air moves in and out

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What is tidal volume?

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Normal breath - the amount of air that passes in and out the lungs during quiet breathing.
0.5L

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What is minute volume?

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Can be altered

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What are the muscles used in respiration?

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Normal breathing - diaphragm and intercostal muscles

Increase times of breathing the accessory muscles are used - scalanes and sternocleidomastoid

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Nervous control in respiration

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Phrenic nerve C3,4,5 controls diaphragm
The C stands for cervical

Intercostal nerve to control intercostal (T2-T12)

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Inspiration
Active, uses energy Simaltaneous contraction of the intercostal (external) muscles pull the rib cage upwards and outwards. The diaphragm flattens when contracted and moved down. and both of these increase the size of the thoracic cavity. As the cavity increases in size, the pressure inside the cavity will drop causing negative pressure and once the pressure in the cavity drops below that of the atmospheric pressure, air is drawn in. Lasts approx 2 seconds
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Physiological variables affecting respiration
Elasticity - loss of elasticity of the connective tissue in the lungs, will bring about an increase in effort to inspire and will necessitate forced expiration Lung compliancy High compliancy - means that the lungs and thoracic wall expand easily Low compliancy - resistant to expansion
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What is airway resistance?
Resistance offered to airflow by the respiratory passages especially the bronchi and bronchioles Any condition/ environment that obstructs the air passageways increases resistance
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Breathing rate when you have a fever
Normal rate is increased as trying to increase body temp to fight temp the bug can cope with
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Normal breathing rate is increased when
Exercise Fever Shock Some conditions e.g pneumonia
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Breathing rate is decreased in...
From certain drugs | Some Conditions that affect the brain e.g head injury
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Other Factors that can affect breathing rate...
``` Body temp Sudden cold stimuli Severe pain Irritation of pharynx or larynx Hering Breuer reflex - stretch receptors (stop you bursting lung from intake of too much breath - send impulse to brain to say breathe out) ```
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What is anatomical dead air space?
The residual volume which remains in the air passages but isn’t involved in alveolar exchange
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What is Partial pressure
Each gas will exert is own pressure as a % to the total pressure being provided. E.g would be written as Po2
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Nervous control of respiration... where is your respiratory control centre?
Involuntary. Happens in In the medulla oblongata in the brain Inside the MO is the medulla Rhythmicity centre. This tells the body to inspire and breathe in. Above the medulla oblongata is the pons. This has two parts to it. The pneumotaxic area and the apneustic area. These assist the MRC. The pneumotaxic area tells you to breathe out or stop breathing in (you then naturally breathe out). MRA and pneumotaxic set the rhythm. Voluntary control is exerted during activities such as speaking and singing.
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Muscles involved in breathing are...
Diaphragm and intercostal muscles.
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Timing of inspiration and expiration
2 seconds breathe in 3 seconds breathe out
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Hyperventilation
If we keep inflating the lungs without stopping, like a balloon, the lungs eventually burst, so to prevent this happening the pneumotaxic area will step in to stop inspiration and bring about expiration. The increase in respiration will occur until normal PC02 and O2 levels are returned to normal
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PH of blood
7.4 ph. Slightly alkali. Needs to stay within 0.1 really.
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Where are chemoreceptors found and what do they do?
Found centrally in the medulla and in the peripheries within the carotid and aortic bodies. The chemoreceptors are responsible for sending impulses to the brain so corrective action can be taken following changes to the partial pressure of c02 and 02.
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What is hypercapnia and hypocapnia?
Hypercapnia - Increases in PC02 levels | Hypocapnia - decreases
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What is the bohr effect
Increasing PC02 and H+ decreases oxyhemoglobin saturation. A decrease in blood PH from 7.4 to 7.3 reduces oxygen saturation by 6%. The heldane effect - decreasing PC02 and H+ increases oxyhemoglobin saturation
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How is oxygen transported in the blood?
Oxygen attaches to haemoglobin as can’t travel in blood as it is. 1.5% of oxygen transported in the blood is dissolved in plasma. The rest 98.5% is carried on the haem portion of the haemoglobin (which consists of 4 atoms of Fe). Oxygen and haemoglobin combine in an easily reversible reaction to form oxyhemoglobin. The greater the P02 the more oxygen will combine with haemoglobin until the available haemoglobin molecules are saturated.
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How is carbon dioxide transported in the blood?
7% dissolved in the plasma 23% is combined with the globin portion of haemoglobin as carbaminohaemoglobin 70% is carried as bicarbonate ion
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Basic assessment
``` Rate Rhythm - either regular or irregular Volume - if shallow breathing not taking in as much 02 Effort - Efficiency - Effect - ```
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Breathing patterns
Eupnoea - normal breathing Apnoea - no breathing at all Vesicular - normal breath sounds Hypoxia - lack of oxygen in tissues Tachypnoea - abnormally rapid rate of breathing normally above 20BPM bradypnoea - abnormally slow rate of breathing (normally resp rate lower than 10 need to intervene) Cheyne stokes - abnormal pattern of respiration, characterised by alternating periods of apnoea and deep rapid breathing. E.g end of life patients Kussmauls - abnormally deep and very rapid sighing respiration’s, characterised by diabetic ketoacidosis.
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Abnormal (adventitious) breath sounds
Rales - small clicking, bubbling or rattling sounds. Heard on inhalation and are believed to occur when air opens closed air sacs. Rhonci- snoring sounds. Indicates air is blocked or flow becomes rough through the large airways. Stridor - wheeze like sound heard when a person breathes. It is usually due to a blockage of air flow in the trachea or back of the throat. Wheezing - high pitched sounds produced by narrowed airways. Most often heard upon exhalation Rubs - pleural rubs are discontinuous or continuous, creaking or grafting sounds. Similar to walking on fresh snow. Produced because two inflamed surfaces are sliding by one another, such as in pleurisy.
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Just because a person is breathing, doesn’t mean...
There is adequate ventilation
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What are the functions of the nasal cavity?
Smell | Warm the air breathed in, filter it and moisten it.
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How long is the pharynx and where is it found?
12-14cm long Found posterior to the nasal cavity Lies immediately in front of the cervical vertebrae Divided into - nasopharynx, oropharynx and laryngopharynx
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How long is the trachea and what is its diameter?
10-11cm in length | 2.5cm in diameter
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Larynx and trachea order of cartilage...
1. Hyoid bone 2. Thyroid cartilage 3. Cricoid cartilage 4. Tracheal cartilages
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What is the top of the lung called and where does it lie?
Apex and lies 1” above the claricle
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What happens in expiration?
Relaxation of the intercostal muscles allows the rib cage to move down and in. relaxation of the diaphragm and it moves up makes the size of the thoracic cavity smaller. As the cavity decreases in size, the pressure within the cavity increases resulting in positive pressure and once the pressure increases beyond atmospheric pressure, air is forced out.
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What is anatomical dead air space?
The residual volume, which remains in the air passages but isn’t involved in alveolar exchange. 150mls
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What is inspiration reserve volume?
The extra amount of air that can be inhaled into the lungs during maximal inspiration. 3100mls
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What is inspiration capacity?
The maximum amount of air that can be inspired, this is tidal volume + respiratory reserve volume. 3600mls
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What is functional residual volume?
The amount of air remaining in the air passages and alveoli at the end of quiet respiration. The functional residual volume helps prevent the alveoli collapsing upon expiration. 2400mls
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What is the expiratory reserve volume?
The largest amount of air that can be | expired during maximal expiration = 1200mls
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What is residual volume?
Amount of air left in the lungs following forced | expiration = 1200mls
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What is the vital capacity?
Maximum volume of air which can be moved into and | out of the lungs = 4800mls
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Nervous control of respiration...
The Respiratory centre is located within the Medulla Oblongata, which lies in the brain stem. • The respiratory centre in the medulla sets the basic timing of inspiration and expiration. • Motor impulses leave the respiratory centre via the Phrenic nerves (diaphragm) and intercostal nerves (intercostal muscles). - When changes to the timings of inspiration and expiration are required the apneustic and pneumotaxic areas within the Pons (also found within the brain stem) are activated and they will influence the respiratory centre in the medulla.
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What does the apneustic area do?
``` The apneustic area (in the pons) will become stimulated when levels of PCO2 increase or PO2 levels decrease. This occurs because the body identifies an increase in acidity within the blood and therefore attempts to reverse this by increasing the depth of respiration. The inspiration time is therefore prolonged beyond the 2 seconds we normally associate with quiet normal breathing. ```
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Respiratory buffer system:
Increase CO2 causes increased Hydrogen Ion concentration | • Decrease CO2 causes decreased Hydrogen Ion concentration.
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What is the cerbral cortex and what does it do?
connects to the respiratory centre and allows voluntary alteration of breathing patterns. e.g. the ability to stop breathing until CO2 (hydrogen ion) builds up in blood. Impulses from the hypothalamus and limbic system stimulates the respiratory centre and permits emotional stimuli to alter breathingwhich includes crying, laughing and sobbing
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What is daltons law?
Each gas in a mixture of gases exerts it’s own | pressure as if the others were not present”
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What is boyles law?
The pressure of a gas in a closed container is inversely | proportional to the volume of the container.
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What are the respiratory rates?
``` Adult - 12-20 5 - 11years : 20-25 2-5years: 25-30 1-2years: 25-35 0-12months:30-40 ```

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