REVIEW Flashcards
THE MAIN SITE OF GAS EXCHANGE IS THE
ALVEOLI
THE WALLS OF THE ALVEOLI ARE COMPOSED OF TWO TYPES OF CELLS, TYPE I AND II. THE FUNCTION OF TYPE II IS TO
SECRETE SURFACTANT
AIR MOVES OUT OF THE LUNGS WHEN THE PRESSURE INSIDE THE LUNGS IS
GREATER THAN THE PRESSURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GAS PRESSURE AND GAS VOLUME IS CALLED
BOYLE’S LAW
IN A MIXTURE OF GASES, THE TOTAL PRESSURE IS THE SUM OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTIAL PRESSURES OF GASES IN THE MIXTURE IS CALLED
DALTON’S LAW
SURFACTANT HELPS TO PREVENT THE ALVEOLI FROM COLLAPSING BY
INTERFERING WITH THE COHESIVENESS OF WATER MOLECULES, THEREBY REDUCING THE SURFACE TENSION OF ALVEOLAR FLUID
WITH THE BOHR EFFECT, MORE OXYGEN IS RELEASED BECAUSE
DECREASE IN PH (ACIDOSIS) WEAKENS THE HEMOGLOBIN-OXYGEN BOND
THE MOST POWERFUL RESPIRATORY STIMULUS FOR BREATHING IN A HEALTHY PERSON IS
INCREASE IN CARBON DIOXIODE
THE LOCAL MATCHING OF BLOOD FLOW WITH VENTILATION IS
VENTILATION-PERFUSION COUPLING
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT NECESSARY TO SUPPLY THE BODY WITH O2 AND DISPOSE OF CO2
BLOOD PH ADJUSTMENT
THE AMOUNT OF AIR THAT CAN BE INSPIRED ABOVE THE TIDAL VOLUME IS CALLED
INSPIRATORY RESERVE
O2 AND CO2 ARE EXCHANGED IN THE LUNGS AND THROUGH ALL CELL MEMBRANES BY
DIFFUSION
THE URINARY BLADDER IS COMPOSED OF
TRANSITIONAL EPITHEILUM
THE FATTY TISSUE SURROUNDING THE KIDNEYS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT
STABILIZES THE POSITION OF THE KIDNEYS BY HOLDING THEM IN THEIR NORMAL POSITION
THE RENAL CORPUSCLE IS MADE UP OF
BOWMAN’S CAPSULE AND GLOMERULUS
THE FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL UNIT OF THE KIDNEYS IS THE
NEPHRON
THE CHIEF FORCE PUSHING WATER AND SOLUTES OUT OF THE BLOOD ACROSS THE FILTRATION MEMBRANE IS
GLOMERULAR HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE (GLOMERULAR BLOOD PRESSURE)
ALCOHOL ACTS AS DIURETIC BECAUSE IT
INHIBITS THE RELEASE OF ADH
FORMATION OF URINE TO ITS ELIMINATION FROM THE BODY
NEPHRON, COLLECTING DUCTS, MINOR CALYX, MAJOR CALYX, URETER, URETHRA
A GLOMERULUS IS
A KNOT OF CAPILLARIES WITHIN THE RENAL CORPUSCLE
URINE IS CARRIED TO THE URINARY BLADDER BY
THE URETERS
KIDNEYS:
LOCATED IN A POSITION THAT IS RETROPERITONEAL
SURROUNDED BY A FIBROUS CAPSULE
HELD IN PLACE BY THE RENAL FASCIA
COVERED BY PERITONEUM
THE PROMINENT INDENTATION ON THE MEDIAL SURFACE OF THE KIDNEY IS THE
HILUM
THE CAVITY OF THE KIDNEY THAT RECEIVES URINE FROM THE CALYCES IS CALLED THE
RENAL PELVIS
TRIANGULAR OR CONICAL STRUCTURES LOCATED IN THE RENAL MEDULLA ARE CALLED
PYRAMIDS
BLOOD LEAVES THE GLOMERULUS THROUGH A BLOOD VESSEL CALLED THE
EFFERENT ARTERIOLE
CAPILLARIES THAT SURROUND THE PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED TUBULES ARE
PERITTUBULAR CAPILLARIES
THE FILTRATION OF PLASMA TAKES PLACE IN THE
RENAL CORPUSCLE
FILTRATE FIRST PASSES FROM THE GLOMERULAR CAPSULE TO THE
PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE
THE PORTION OF THE NEPHRON THAT EMPTIES INTO THE COLLECTING DUCT IS THE
DISTAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE
BLOOD COLLOID OSMOTIC PRESSURE IN THE GLOMERULUS IS GENERATED BY
PRESENCE OF ALBUMIN PROTEINS IN BLOOD PLASMA
THE MAIN FORCE THAT CAUSES FILTRATION IN A NEPHRON IS
GLOMERULAR HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE
THE BODY’S WATER VOLUME IS CLOSELY TIED TO THE LEVEL OF
SODIUM IONS
WHICH HORMONE IS IMPORTANT IN THE THE REGULATION OF SODIUM ION CONCENTRATION IN EXTRACELLULAR FLUID
ALDOSTERONE
RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS CAN OCCUR WHEN
A PERSON’S BREATHING IS SHALLOW DUE TO OBSTRUCTION
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE DISTRIBUTION OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM BETWEEN CELLS AND BODY FLUIDS
K+ MAINLY IN THE CELS, NA+ IN THE BODY FLUIDS
A FAILING BLOOD PH AND A RISING PARTIAL PRESSURE OF CARBON DIOXIDE DUE TO PNEUMONIA OR EMPHYSEMA INDICATES
RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS
THE MOVEMENT OF FLUIDS BETWEEN CELLULAR COMPARTMENTS
IS REGULATED BY OSMOTIC AND HYDROSTATIC FORCES
CHEMICAL BUFFER SYSTEMS
BIOCARBONATE
PHOSPHATE
PROTEIN
HORMONE IMPORTANT IN STIMULATING WATER CONSERVATION IN THE KIDNEYS
ADH