Unit 4 Flashcards
Respiratory tree
Larynx Trachea Primary bronchi 2ndary bronchi Tertiary bronchi Bronchioles Terminal bronchioles Respiratory bronchioles Alveolar ducts Alveolar sacs with alveoli
Trachea supplies:
Both lungs
Primary bronchi supplies:
Each lung
2ndary bronchi supplies
Each lobe
Tertiary bronchi supplies:
Each bronchopulmonary segment (lobule)
Areas of the resp tree that are capable of gas exchange
Respiratory bronchioles
Alveolar ducts
Alveolar sacs with alveoli
Active muscles of inspiration
Diaphragm External intercostals Sternopcleidomastoid Serratus anterior Scalenus muscles
Muscles of expiration (only needed for FORCEFUL expiration)
Rectus abdominus, obliques
Internal intercostals
What increases during inspiration
Vertical diameter
AP diameter
What contracts during inspiration?
External intercostals
Diaphragm
What happens to the rib cage during inspiration
It elevates (duh)
What happens with internal intercostals during inspiration
They relax
Inspiration is due to:
Muscle contraction which increases thoracic cage size
Compliant lungs inflate due to:
Negative pressure in the pleural cavity
Expiration is due to:
Decreasing thoracic cage size bc of the elasticity of the thoracic soft tissue and the lungs themselves
What happens to alveolar pressure during inspiration?
Expiration?
Decreases during insp
Increases during exp
What happens to pleural pressure during inspiration?
Expiration?
Insp- decreases
Exp- increases
Tissue gradience between alveolar and pleural pressures
Transpulmonary pressure
Lung volume during inspiration?
Expiration?
Insp- increases
Exp- decreases
Intrapulmonary (alveolar) pressure oscillates around:
What happens when negative?
0
Air enters lungs (air leaves when positive)
The lowest intrapulmonary pressure is reached:
After that:
Halfway into inspiration
After that air entering the lungs raises the pressure
The highest intrapulmonary pressure is reached at:
After that:
Halfway into expiration
After that, air leaving the lungs reduces the pressure
Intrapleural pressure is always:
This exerts:
Negative compared to the atm, oscillating around -4.
This exerts an expanding effect on the lungs due to lung compliance
The difference between the alveolar pressure and the pleural pressure
Transpulmonary pressure
Ptrans = Plv - Pip
Type I pneumocytes
Lines the alveolar walls (squamous)
Type II pneumocytes
Secrete pulmonary surfactant
Necessary to keep alveolar inflates
Purpose of pulmonary surfactant
Breaks surface tension of the fluid layer lining the alveolar walls
Premature babies lack:
Sufficient surfactant
Will develop resp distress syndrome
Commonly used pulmonary function test.
Pt breathes in a tube which is monitored
Spirometetry
Spirometer measures
Tidal volume
Ins reserve volume
Exp reserve volume
Residual volume
Tidal volume
Normal breathing at rest
Inspiratory reserve volume
Deepest breath in
Expiratory reserve volume
Breath out as much as you can
Residual volume
Amount of gas remaining in the lungs after exp. reserve volume
Capacities of spirometry
Inspiratory
Functional residual
Vital
Total lung
Inspiratory capacity
Tidal volume + insp reserve volume
Functional residual capacity
Exp reserve volume + residual volume
Vital capacity
Exp reserve volume + tidal volume + insp reserve volume — all the way in, all the way out
Total lung capacity
All 4 volumes added together
Minute resp volume =
Tidal volume X Resp rate
Looking for how much air goes in and out of your lungs within a minute
Dead air space
Air that fills respiratory passageways that are not capable of gas exchange with the blood
Anatomic dead air space
Air in trachea to the terminal bronchioles
Alveolar dead air space
Damaged or under perfused alveoli
Physiological dead air space
Sum of anatomic AND alveolar dead air space
Review slide 11
Slide 11
Alveolar ventilation rate
Total volume of new air entering the alveoli each min
Equation for alveolar ventilation rate
Va = freq (Vt-Vd)
Va = alveolar ventilation rate freq= respiration rate Vt= tidal volume Vd= Physiologic dead air space
Sympathetic effect on bronchioles
Causes bronchiolar dilation
Parasympathetic effect on bronchiolars
Causes bronchiolar constriction
Cough reflex is caused by
Irritation to bronchi and trachea
Neurons detecting bronchi and trachea irritation and efferent
Afferent neurons (vagus) To the medulla
Efferent neurons to muscles of epiglottis and abdomen
Sneeze reflex caused by
Irritation to nasal passageways
Neurons involved in sneeze reflex
Afferent neurons (trigeminal)
Goes to the medulla
Efferent- to muscles of the uvula and abdomen
How does the nose modify the air before reaching the lungs?
Air is:
Warmed
Humidified
Partially filtered
Pressure is directly proportional to the:
Concentration of gas molecules in a system
Gases in breathes air are mainly:
Oxygen, nitrogen, CO2, and water vapor
Partial pressure: The total pressure exerted by a mixture of gases is equal to:
The sum of the individual pressures of each gas
Partial pressures in water and tissue fluid is determined by:
Gas concentration and solubility in the water or tissue fluid
(CO2/O2) is more soluble in water than the other
CO2
Air in the environment
Atmospheric air
Inspired air in anatomic dead air space
Humidified air
Air in gas exchange areas
Alveolar
Air in anatomic dead airs space as it exits the body
Expired air
Speech involves:
Respiratory system
Cerebral cortex
Phonation, resonance, and articulation structures
Mechanical functions of vocalization
Phonation
Resonance
Articulation
Phonation includes:
Larynx; vocal cords
Resonance includes:
Mouth Nose Sinuses Pharynx Chest cavity
Articulation includes:
Lips, tongue, soft palate
What are responsible for controlling sound production
The intrinsic laryngeal muscles
Intrinsic laryngeal muscles
Cricothyroid muscl
Post cricoarytenoid muscles
Lateral and transverse cricoarytenoid muscles
Thyroarytenoid muscles
Cricothyroid muscles increase:
Tension on the vocal folds to raise pitch
Post. Cricoarytenoid muscle action
Abducts the arytenoid cartilages and therefore abducts the vocal cords
Lateral and transverse cricoarytenoid muscle action
Adduct and rotate arytenoid cartilages
Adduct the vocal cords
Thyroarytenoid muscle action
Shortening the vocal cords, lowering voice pitch
What do the extrinsic laryngeal muscles do?
Elevate or depress the larynx
Pressure of N2
597.0 mm Hg- 78.62%
Pressure of O2
159.mm Hg - 20.84%
Pressure of CO2
0.3 mm Hg- 0.04 %
Pressure of H2O
3.7 mm Hg- 0.50%
Total air pressure
760 mm Hg
Pressure of inspired N2
563.0 mm Hg - 74.09%
Pressure of inspired O2
149.3 mm Hg- 19.67 %
Pressure of inspired CO2
0.3 mm Hg- 0.04 %
Pressure of inspired H2O
47 mm Hg - 6.2%
Total pressure of inspired air
760 mm Hg
Pressure of Alveolar N2
569 mm Hg - 74.9%
Alveolar O2 pressure
104.0 mm Hg- 13.6%
CO2 alveolar air
40 mm Hg - 5.3 %
H2O alveolar air
47.0 - 6.2 %