Respiritory Flashcards
What is the overall role of the respiratory system?
To ensure the correct amounts oxygen is taken up and the right amounts of carbon dioxide are removed.
What are the assumptions of an ideal gas?
- Particles are so small as to be continuous and smooth in nature.
- Molecules are in random, rapid and constant motion.
- All particles have the same mass.
- The volumes of the gas in negligible compared to their container.
- All collisions are elastic.
- No forces act except upon collision.
- Classical dynamics is assumed.
- Ek depends only on temperature
- time of collision is negligible.
How does a gas exert pressure on it’s container?
Consider a particle travelling at velocity V, Mass M, against a wall in a square container length X.
P=F/A
P=F/X^2
F=NM(V^2)/3L
How does temp affect particle speed?
Ek for a particle=3TB/2
T for the entire gas=2Ek/3NB
Define Boyle’s law
Pressure is inversely proportional to volume
Define Charles’s Law
Ek is proportional to T
Define the Universal gas law
PV=nRT
What is standard pressure
101.1kPa
What is meant by the term partial pressure?
2 or more gases can be combined in the same container and can all exert a pressure but it won’t be the entire pressure of the system. It’s a quantitative measurement of how much pressure each gas is providing in the system.
How is a partial pressure calculated for gas A that forms 10% of a gas composition of a pressure system at 100kPa?
10kPa.
what is the saturated vapour pressure of water at 37 degrees C?
6.28kPa. Dependent only on temperature.
How do gases exert pressure when in water?
Known as tension. This is the same as if the water is not present. Tension is a measure of how much the gas wants to leave the water.
How is total gas content calculated in water?
content=Reacted gas + dissolved gas
how many alveoli are there?
300 million
What are the major divisions of the airways?
Conducting airways Trachea 2 Bronchi Lobar Bronchi (one to each lobe) Segmental to sub segmental bronchioles (lack cartilage) 200000 terminal bronchioles Respiratory airways Respiratory bronchioles alveolar ducts alveolar sacs
Describe ventilation perfusion matching
V/Q ideally =0.8
There is where the lungs are able to direct blood flow to where 0.8 is achieved. This is through the process of gravity i.e at the base of the lung having more pressure and also hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.
Define ventilation
Resp rate x tidal volume
What are the superficial landmarks of the external nose?
Root, bridge, tip, septum, nostril, wing
Where does the nasal cavity extend from?
nostrils to posterior nares
What separates the two nasal cavities?
nasal septum
What is on the lateral wall of the nasal cavity?
3 turbinate (superior middle and inferior) and 3 meatus (superior middle and inferior)
What are the major functions of the nose? What features enable this?
filter- hairs, cilia and mucus
humidify- watery nasal secretions evaporate
warm air- vessels just below epithelium
mix air- tubinates
olfaction,
receives local secretions from the sinuses and nasolacrimal duct.
What is the lining of the nasal cavity?
Pseudo stratified columnar ciliated epithelium
What are the 4 paranasal sinuses?
Frontal, maxillary, sphenoid, ethmoid
what is the epithelium in the paranasal sinuses?
pseudo stratified
where do the secretions of the paranasal sinuses drain into?
the nasal cavity
what are the main theories of the purpose of the paranasal sinuses?
Extension of nasal cavity, lightening weight of the skill, buffer for trauma, insulation for eyes.
What are the 3 parts of the pharynx?
Naso…
Oro….
Laryngo….
What are the key features of the nasopharynx?
extends from the base of the skull to the upper surface of the soft palate.
Always patent
Communicates with the middle ear via the eustachian tube.
Contains the adenoids
Anteriorly it communicates with the choanae of the nasal cavities.
What are the key features of the Oropharynx?
Extends from the uvula to the level of the hyoid bone. Opens into to mouth via the isthmus faucium.
Lateral wall is the palantine tonsil.
Lined by stratified squamous epithelium
What are the key features of the laryngo pharynx?
Caudal part of the pharynx
Superior boundary is the hyoid bone.
Inferiorly is the junction between the resp tract and oesophagus.
Describe the key features of the larynx and it’s function
Important in air movement in and out of lungs. Fully patent in breathing, partially in speech, only in the final part of coughing and never in swallowing. It is at the level of C3-6 in adults and connects the inferior pharynx to the trachea. It extends from the tip of the epiglottis to the inferior border of the cricoid cartilage. Sound is generated in the larynx through vibration of the vocal cords in the glottis.Tension is induced by movement of the intrinsic muscles of the larynx.
In men they are slightly longer but both are pearly white in colour.
What is the significance of the recurrent laryngeal’s path?
It passes down into the chest loops under aortic arch and on right under the subclavian and then back up to the larynx except the cricothyroid muscle which is by the superior laryngeal nerve. This means any abnormality arising in the mediastinum could cause a nerve lesion affecting vocal ability.
What two places are common for URTIs to spread to?
Sinuses and middle ear
What disorders could cause resp issues to arise in the larynx?
Oedema from infections or anaphylaxis.
Tumors
Aspiration
Bilateral vocal cord paralysis leading to aspiration.
What disorders could cause resp issues to arise in the pharynx?
Unconscious relaxation of the tongue which can fall back obstructing the airway.
Sleep apnoea.