Respiratory Systems (Part 1) Flashcards

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Why is oxygen important?

A

it is the final electron acceptor in the electron transport chain so it is important for the creation of ATP

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2
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What are physical influences of respiration?

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  • properties of diffusion
  • breathing in air vs water
  • size of molecule
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3
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What are two important molecules (?) for diffusion?

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CO2 and O2

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4
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What is dry air composed of?

A
  • oxygen
  • carbon dioxide
  • nitrogen
  • argon
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5
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What percent of dry air is oxygen?

A

20.95%

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6
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What percent of dry air is carbon dioxide?

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0.03%

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7
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What percent of dry air is nitrogen?

A

78.1%

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8
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What percent of dry air is argon?

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0.09%

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9
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When was atmospheric pressure discovered?

A

17th century

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10
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What does atmospheric pressure mean?

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air has weight caused by the force of the Earth’s gravitational field

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11
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Who said “we live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of the element of air”?

A

Torricelli

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12
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What do atoms have?

A

mass

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13
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What is air pressure at sea level expressed as? (2 ways)

A
  • 1 atmosphere (1.0 atm of pressure)

- 760 mm Hg

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14
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What is partial pressure?

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the pressure contributed by a gas to the total atmospheric pressure

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15
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What is Dalton’s law?

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each gas exerts its own partial pressure based on the % of the gas in dry air

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16
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How is Dalton’s Law calculated?

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760 x (percent of gas in dry air)

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17
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as pressure increases…

A

molecules get closer together

18
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Gas moves from an area of ______ partial pressure to an area of ________ partial pressure.

19
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Pressure _____ with altitude?

20
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What happens to air as altitude increases?

A

becomes less dense

21
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What happens to oxygen molecules as altitude increases?

A

“less oxygen” = get further apart

22
Q

What is required for pilots in unpressurized aircraft?

A

supplemental oxygen

23
Q

What does Henry’s Law descibe?

A

the behavior of gases when they come into contact with a liquid

  • the concentration of gas in a liquid is directly proportional to the solubility and partial pressure of that gas
  • concentration of the gas in a liquid is dependent on the solubility of the gas in the liquid
24
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According to Henry’s Law, the greater the partial pressure of the gas…

A

the greater the number of gas molecules that will dissolve in the liquid

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What happens if you have water/air interface?
concentration gradient of O2 wants to transition from air to water
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How fast does oxygen diffuse into water?
faster in shallower water
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What does turbulent mixing do?
increases surface area which increases getting oxygen into water
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What happens to the solubility of oxygen as temperature increases?
decreases solubility
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What is Fick's Law of Diffusion?
The rate if transfer of a gas through a sheet of tissue is proportional to the tissue area and the difference in gas partial pressure between the 2 sides and inversely proportional to the tissue thickness
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What is the formula for Fick's law of diffusion?
R = (D A (change in)p) / d
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What does R represent in Fick's law of diffusion formula?
rate of diffusion
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What does D represent in Fick's law of diffusion formula?
diffusion constant
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What does A represent in Fick's law of diffusion forumla?
Area over which diffusion takes place
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What does (change in)p represent in Fick's law of diffusion formula?
pressure difference between two sides
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What does d represent in Fick's law of diffsuion formula?
distance over which diffusion ocurs
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Does oxygen or carbon dioxide diffuse faster in air?
oxygen
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Why does oxygen diffuse faster than carbon dioxide in air?
oxygen is smaller
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How is the rate of diffusion proportional to the square root of its molecular mass?
inversely
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Does oxygen or carbon dioxide diffuse faster in water?
carbon dioxide
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Why does carbon dioxide diffuse faster in water?
more soluble
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How does distance affect diffusion?
increases distance over which a solute has to move increases the time for diffusion