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Trachte: Mechanics of Breathing Flashcards

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How do inspiration and expiration differ?

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Inspiration occurs by CONTRACTION of the diaphragm.

Expiration is a PASSIVE PROCESS.

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What innervates the diaphragm?

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Phrenic nerve

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If the phrenic nerve is paralyzed, why does the diaphragm move UP w/ inspiration?

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The pressure in the thoracic cavity is lower so it gets sucked in.

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Why is the expiration process passive?

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Elastic recoil of the lung

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Why is expiration active during exercise?

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Muscles of the abdominal wall and the internal intercostals pull the ribs downward

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When does inflation of the lung occur?

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When pressure around the lung becomes SUBATMOSPHERIC

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Does it require a greater pressure differential to inflate or deflate a lung?

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Inflate

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What is hysteresis?

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Different shapes of inflation and deflation

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Why does the lung volume never go to 0?

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Because some air is always trapped in the lung (Residual volume)

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What is the airway closure pressure?

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The pressure to exhale COLLAPSES some small airways

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What is compliance?

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The relationship of volume change per pressure change

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What is compliance NORMALLY for the lung?

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200 ml/cm

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What will reduce compliance? How does this affect your breathing?

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Fibrotic disease

can’t expand lungs easily–> small breaths

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What will increase compliance? How does this affect breathing?

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Emphysema

Slower breaths

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Why does the lung have elasticity?

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Collagen and elastin

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Why is it important that the lung collapses after inspiration?

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Reduces the work of exhalation

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How does surface tension contribute to elastic behavior?

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Shrinks the lung

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What is surface tension?

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Attraction between adjacent molecules

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What is the law of LaPlace?

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Tension= Pressure x radius/ 2 for a sphere

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How can the law of La Place be used to determine pressures in 2 alveoli if one has a smaller radius than the other?

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The alveoli with a SMALLER r has to have a GREATER P. This results in the smaller alveoli emptying into the larger one.

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What prevents smaller alveoli from emptying into larger ones?

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Surfactant

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What does surfactant do?

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Alters surface tension at small volumes

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What is surfactant?

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dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (detergent)

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How does a detergent reduce surface tension?

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Provides a physical BARRIER that prevents WATER MOLECULES from interacting at SMALL volumes

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When is surfactant synthesized?
Third trimester
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What happens if a baby is born early and it doesn't have sufficient surfactant?
Respiratory distress (low compliance, atelectasis, and alveoli filled w/ transudate)
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Where is intrapleural pressure the lowest? Why?
BASE of the lung The WEIGHT of the base presses against the chest wall and makes it LESS negative. The base has a smaller RV
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What leads to the collapse of airways one exhalation?
Increased pressure from airways squeezing shut
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What do airways collapse on exhalation/to whom?
LOW lung volumes in YOUNG healthy people. AT FRC in older folks and respiratory disease--> air trapping.
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How are the chest wall and lungs normally oriented?
OPPOSE each other keeping the LUNGS somewhat expanded and the the CHEST WALL somewhat compressed.
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What causes the chest wall and lung to separate?
Pneumothorax
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What causes the lung to collapse?
Elastic recoil
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When is the lung at equilibrium?
At LESS THAN residual volume ( minimal capacity)
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When is the chest at equilibrium?
At 75% of vital capacity (expanded state)
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When is the combined lung-chest curve at equilibrium?
At FRC
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What is the airway resistance for laminar flow?
P = flow x Resistance
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What happens to the cross sectional area as one progresses down the bronchial tree?
Increases
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What is the pressure differential during inspiration?
Atmospheric- alveolar (.1 cm H20)
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What are pressures in the breathing cycle in the intrapleural space?
-5 cm water Decreases to -8 cm water in the intrapleural space Increases on expiration
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What is the major site of resistance in the bronchial tree?
Medium sized bronchi
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Why does airway resistance DECLINE at larger volumes?
Negative pressure PULLS airways open
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What happens to airway resistance at SMALLER lung volumes during expiration?
INCREASES
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How does parasympathetic nervous stimulation affect airway resistance?
Increases it
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Describe how parasympathetic stimulation causes airway contraction.
Vagus--> Ach--> muscarinic receptors--> IP3--> Ca--> airway contraction
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Describe how sympathetic stimulation DECREASES airway resistance by causing dilation.
``` EPI> B2 receptors (can't be NE)> Increases cAMP> muscles relax> airway dilation ```
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What happens to the rate of flow during expiration?
RAPID then FALLS
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Can one overcome the fall in expiratory flow by increased exertion?
NO
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What causes the drop in flow on expiration?
COMPRESSION of airways when the thoracic volume is DECREASED to expel air
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What happens to airway pressure as volume decreases?
Airway pressure DECREASES so the increased pressure in the lungs COLLAPSES these airways
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What affect does inspiration have on airways?
DILATES and pulls them OPEN
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What determines flow in an airway?
Alveolar pressure- pleural pressure
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How does emphysema affect airways?
Reduced recoil | Reduced radial traction (easier to compress)
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What is the forced expiratory volume (FEV1)?
FIRST second of expiration after maximal inhalation
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What is a normal FVC?
80%
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How does chronic obstructive lung disease affect FEV1 and FEV1/FVC?
LOWERS FEV1 LOW FEV1/FVC= 50% (hard time getting air out)
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How does restrictive lung disease (pulmonary fibrosis) affect FEV1 and FEV1/FVC?
LOW FEV1 and FVC but NORMAL FEV1/FVC
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HOw is work defined?
Force x distance
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What is the total work of breathing?
Effort to overcome ELASTIC (collapsing) forces and AIRWAY RESISTANCE
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How does a stiff lung affect work?
Stiffer = less compliant> | more work to inflate lungs
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Why do pts w/ restrictive lung disease typically take small rapid breaths?
lessen work load
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Why do pts w/ chronic obstrutive disease take slow deep breaths?
lessen work load

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