Test 1 Flashcards
Explain the mechanics of the diaphragm- in which direction does it move, what impairs its function?
As we take a breath in, the diaphragm contract and moves in a descending position. It shortens or until stopped by abdominal contents.
Then we relaxdiaphragm and it moves basck up to resting position and passively moves air out causing passive expiration
How to the ribs move?
Ribs 1-7 (true ribs)- pump handle, move anterior / post
Ribs 8-10( false ribs) - bucket handle lateral/transverse
Ribs 11,12 free floating
Movement of teh rib cage increases aas go ant and inferiorly
What is the normal breath sequence?
Upper abdominals, lateral coastal, upper chest
What causes limitation of rib expansion?
Bony deformity, decreased joint mobility
Lumbar brace
Quadriplegic or rib fx breathing pattern
Quadriplegic patient with paralysis of inner costals.
Diaphragm contracts, pulls down and a (-) interthoracis pressure is created this time b/c of the lack of stability of the ant rib cage, those ribs are pulled in. Inefficient breathing pattern.
Breathing with a flail chest
We have a section of ribs that have bee fractured & separated from the rest of the rib cage. The diaphragm contracts pulls air in & also b/c of the (-) inter-thoracic pressure the flail section of ribs is also pulled in. Inefficient breathing pattern
How do abdominals help in breathing?
Stabilize the lower rib cage
Provide visceral support
W/o abdominals the diaphragm is flat
Expand T6-L1
Produce force expiration and cough
What are the accessory muscle and how do they work?
Overall they help assist the diaphragm and intercostals
- SCM: helps anterior chest expansion
- Pec Major and minor: lift ant chest, substitute for intercostals
- serratus anterior: post expansion of rib cage
- scalenes: and and sup expansion Ribs 1,2
- erector spinae: post stabilization, extension
- trapezius: with fixed head it lifts clavicles. Stabilizes scapula for serratus ant and pect minor
What do cilia do— what are things that slow their function?
Until terminal bronchioles
- Goblet, serous cells cells secret mucous
- bottom layer- sol 90% water
- top layer- gel traps foreign objects.
The cilia move the secretions until they are coughed out.
Paralyzed by cigarette smoke, alcohol, anethesia up to 20 mins.
Helped by coughings
What is the significance of the pores of Khon?
Allow for ventilation between 2 adjacent alveoli. Which is important b/c if one alveoli gets plugged with mucous it can’t participate in air exchange. B/c of the Pores of khon air can get from one open alveoli into adjacent one
Tell patient to take a deep breath
Parasympathetic system causes what…?
Innervated by vagus nerve
- bronchial constriction
- pulmonary artery dilation
- increased secretions
Sympathetic system causes what…?
- bronchial relaxation
- pulmonary artery constriction
- decreased glandular secretions
What is tidal volume?
The amount of air that we move in and out normally in each breath avg 500 ml/breath
Inspiratory and expiratory reserve volume and residual volume
Inspiratory- on top of the normal inspiration if we breathe in as much as we can 2-3 L.
Expiratory- if we breathe out more at the end of norma tiddal volume ~1L. Beyond that is what we call teh Residual volume ~1L. Air that we cannot mobilize.
Vital capacity and total lung capacity
If we add up all the air that we cann breathe in and out, that forms teh Vital Capacity ~5L. If we add to that the residual volume that we can’t move that gives us total Lung capacity ~6L
Respiratory cycle of dead space
Dead space= 150 mL
When we take in a breath of air, we take the air from that conducting zone which we call teh dead space area. Even though we say the normal tidal volume is 5L of air not all of that participates in air exchange some of it just sits in dead space area
Ventilation vs perfusion?
Ventilation = air exchange Perfusion = blood flow
- Neither are consistent throughout the lungs. In upright poture, ventilation is greater in the apices, perfusion greater in bases. V/Q ratio = 0.8
Blood clot affect of perfusion?
- Increase Physiologic dead space
- even if alveolus has “o” ready to be picked up a blood clot blocks teh blood from picking it up
CLosed alveoli affect on ventilation
Decreased ventilation from closed alveoli
- plugged w/ mucous so no oxygen can come down
Creates a Right to left shunt: normally blood is sent from the right side of the heart to the lungs. If blood goes to alveoli and there is no “O” to pick up, no air exchange takes place. It is as though blood is shunted from right side to left w/o “o”
Elastance vs Compliance
Compliance- how easy it is for lungs to expand
Elastance- how easily lungs return to normal shape
Small resting lung volumes- high compliance: quite easy to expans - room to grow
Large resting lung volumes- low compliance: already full or air - not easy to expans more Ex: COPD
What is teh significance of surfactant?
In the lung we have large alveoli and small ones. Normally if a large alveoli were to expand during inspiration, it would suck all the air out of smaller alveolus. The smaller alveolus would collapse. This does not happen due to production of suurfactant. Surfactant is a mixture of lipoproteins that line themselves up and inc density.
Resistance to air flow and critical closing pressure
Low flow is laminar
High flow is turbulent
As lung volume increases air resistance drops off.
- when the volumes are really low i.e. patient is not taking deep breaths we reach a point called the critical closing pressure where the resistance to flow is do great that the airways collapse.
Oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve
This shows that the greater the Partial pressure of “O” in solution , the greater the diffusion across teh membrane —
The arterial wall consists of…
Adventitia- outer layer: collagen/connective tissue
Media: fibro-muscular, Opens and closes artery
Intime- inner layer: collagen and elastin, permeable to LDL, with age, degenerates and calcifies
When do the A-V valves open of close?
- open in diastole- when ventricles are filling up
- closed in systole- when ventricles contract to prevent blood from going to atria instead of out to lungs or extremity
When do the semilunar valves open or close?
Aortic an dpulmonic semilunar valves
- open is systole: as heart contracts and pumps blodd out through teh se valves to the lungs and body
-closed in diastole: we do not want blood from teh lungs and the body to drain back into the heart after pushed out
Left coronary arteries
Gives off the anterior interventricular artery and circumflex artery.
- supplies left ventricle and atrium,
- ventricular septum
- 45% of people SA node
Right coronary artery
Gives off the posterior inter-ventricular artery, and the right marginal artery
-supplies the right side of heart, AV node and 55% of people SA node
Pulmonary circulation pressure
Right and left pulmonary arteries are a low pressure system
20/10mmHg
What happens when we have overloaded Pulmonary veins?
Fluid in lungs
Pulmonary edema
CHF: the heart can’t pump enough blood the problem comes from all the extra blood/volume in the pulmonary system, that blood leaks out of capillaries into the interstitium. Extra fluid in the space b/w alveoli and capillary
Normal heart signal conduction
The normal wave of depolarization for the heart begins w/ the SA node. SA rate= 60-100bpm
- the SA node fires at its own intrinsic rate, then goes down through the atrium to the AV node from there to the Bundle of His and branches out to the Purkinje network
Characteristic of cardiac muscle celll
Automaticity
Rhythmicity
Excitation/contraction coupling
SA node vs ectopic firing
Preload vs afterload
Preload: tension on musscle before it contracts (venous return). Amt of fluid we bring from extremities
Afterload: load against which the ventricle has to pump. Resistance to flow which drop CO
What happens to CO if we…
- Increase preload
- Increase afterload
3 increase contractility
- incr SV
- decrease SV
- Increase SV
Cardiac reflexes with Baroreceptors
Stretch receptors in arteries
- increase pressure—> vasodilation, decr HR
Cardiac reflexes with Chemoreceptors
Increase CO2 , increase RR, Inc HR
Dilated cardiomyopathy
- dilation of all 4 chambers with failure
- muscle is destroyed so more volume collects in ventricles
- black men, alcoholism
- 5yrs death unless cardiac transplantation (75% of people diagnosed die unless transplant)
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Uni or bilateral
- possible ichemis and sudden death
-left ventricle - rigid
It gets enlarges and does not relax- most common cause of death in young athletes
Pericarditis
Inflammation of pericardium around the heart
- Idipathic (85%)
- drug induced, autoimmune
- post MI
- viral : hepatitis, eptein barr, HIV
- pericardial effusion - may impede myocardial expansion
Infective Endocaritis
Fluid collects in endocardium
- bacteria - strep,staph
- damage to mitral valve
- inflammation followed by vegetation on valve causes stenosis
Rheumatic fever
-untreated strep throat infection
-valve swelling, erosion, scarring.
Joint inflammation, fever, truncal rash
Myocarditis
Infection of all layers of teh heart- viral
Tetralogy of fallot
Ventricular septal defect
Stenosis of pulmonary valve
Aorta in wrong position
R ventricle is larger than left
Valve insufficiency/regurgitation
Chamber dilates over time to accomodate increased volume
-increased work of ventricle to maintain flow
Valve prolapsed
Leaflets between atrium and ventricle bulge backwards during systole
-leaflets are large and floppy
Mitral valve stenosis
- Post rheumatic heart disease
- high left atrial pressure
- pulmonary hypertension, back up to R heart causing failure
- atrial dysrythmias- fibrillation
As the left atrium tries to push blood through the stenotic valve there is a build up of pressure in the left atrium. Likely a build up of volume of blood that does not get to ventricle can back up to right
Mitral valve regurgitation
- During systole
- requires extra stroke contractility to compensate for decreased blood going into aorta
- hypertrophy of left atrium and ventricle
- The mitral valve does not close well
- during teh left ventricular systally the left ventricle is contracting to push blood out to teh body instead some of that goes back into left atrium which means less blood going to aorta unless ventricle compensates with extra hard stoke—> leads to hypertrophy
Mitral valve prolapse
- floppy valve
- balloons back into atria during ventricular systole
- over time may become insufficient
- blood can start leaking back
Aortic valve stenosis
L ventricle hypertrophy - failure
- murmur during systole
- decrased CO
Aortic valve regurgitation
Volume overload in L ventricle
Hypertrophy and dilation
Murmur during diastole