Unit 4 Flashcards
What are the muscles of inspiration?
Diaphragm External intercostal Sternocleidomatoid Serratus anterior Scalenus muscles
Muscles of expiration are only needed when? And what are they?
Only needed for forceful expiration
Rectus abdominus, obliques, internal intercostals
______ is due to muscle contraction which increases thoracic cage size
Inspiration
How do lungs inflate?
The compliant lungs inflate due to the negative pressure in the pleural cavity
_______ is due to decreasing thoracic cage size bc of the elasticity of the thoracic soft tissue and the lungs themselves
Expiration
___________ pressure oscillates around sero relative to atmospheric pressure
Intrapulmonary pressure
When negative, air ______ lungs. When positive, air _____ lungs
Enters; leaves
The lowest intrapulmonary pressure is reached ______ into inspiration
Halfway
After the lowest intrapulmonary pressure is reached halfway into inspiration, entering the lungs _______ the pressure
Raises
The highest intrapulmonary pressure is reached __________
Halfway into expiration
_________ is always negative compared to atmospheric pressure, oscillating around -4
Intrapleural pressure (pleural pressure)
_________ exerts an expanding effect on the lungs due to lung compliance
Intrapleural pressure
______ is the difference between intrapulmonary pressure and intrapleural pressure
Transpulmonary pressure
Alveoli contain two type of pneumocytes:
Type 1: _________
Type 2: _______
Type 1 line the alveolar walls (squamous)
Type 2: secrete pulmonary surfactant
________ is necessary to keep alveoli inflated
Surfactant
Premature babies lack _______ and therefor develop respiratory distress syndrome
Surfactant