Test Review Flashcards
The respiratory system consists of
Nose, nasal cavity, pharynx, layrnx, trachea, bronchus, bronchioles, alveoli
The epiglottis closes the opening of the larynx when you swallow food or water
True
The respiratory membrane is a combination of
Alveolar and capillary walls and their fused basement membranes
Boyles law shows
How pressure changes with volume
Dalton’s law is
The sun of all individual partial pressures
Henry’s law refers
To gasses dissolving in liquid
(In order for oxygen to dissolve into blood it had to diffuse from high to low)
red blood cells contain hemoglobin that carry
Oxygen in the blood
If you reduce lung compliance, your lungs…
Will be able to take in less air
Alveolar macrophages
Are specialized white blood cells that cleans up foreign particles
Surfcant coats alveoli which
Reduced surface tension
When the smooth muscle of the airways relax
Breathing becomes easier
Low CO2 leads to respiratory
Alkalosis
Respiratory acidosis
Decreases pH, increases CO2
Pulmonary ventilation is
Breathing (inspiration and exhalation)
During quiet breathing ____ is/are passive
Exhalation
Exhalation becomes active during
Exercise
Internal respiration is
The exchange of O2 and CO2 within the CELLS
Which hormone promotes water reabsorption in the kidneys
Antidiuretic hormone
Glucose reabsorption takes place in the
Proximal convoluted tubule
Which stimulates the reabsorption of sodium by kidneys
Aldosterone
Renin causes conversion of
Angiotensin to angiotensin I
The functional unit of the kidney is the
Nephron
What is kidneys function?
Filter blood, excrete waste products and balance solutes and volume
Glomerular filtration rate is…
Primarily determines by blood pressure