Unit 4 Focus Study Flashcards
Resting inhalation muscles
- diaphragm contracts
- external intercostals
resting exhalation muscles
- diaphragm relaxes/recoil
forceful inhalation muscles
- diaphragm contracts
- external intercostals
- sternocleidomastoid pulls on ribs
- pectoralis minor pulls on ribs
- scalenes pulls on ribs
forceful exhalation muscles
- diaphragm relaxes/recoils
- abdominal wall
- internal intercostal pulls ribcage down
Central Chemoreceptors
- in CSF
- Sensitive to high CO2 & Hydrogen levels (if too high ⇒ faster breathing)
- most important in monitoring breathing environment b/c it monitors toxins
Peripheral Chemoreceptors
- in PNS and next to baroreceptors in carotid and aorta b/c that’s where oxygenated blood are
- sensitive to O2 (if oxygenated blood goes lower than 103 ⇒ faster breathing)
- less important b/c it’s only activated during drastic high elevation changes due to lack of O2
Volumes
- tidal volume
- Inspiratory reserve volume
- Expiratory reserve volume
- Residual volume
Capacities
- vital capacity: tidal, IRV, ERV
- total lung capacity: tidal, IRV, ERV, residual
factors that affect lung volumes and capacities
- gender: men>women
- size: taller>shorter
- age: older<younger
- lifestyle: smoker<nonsmoker
coverings of lungs (outer to inner)
- parietal pleura
- pluera cavity
- visceral pleura
order of air
nose →
nasal cavity →
pharynx →
epiglottis →
larynx →
trachea →
primary bronchi →
secondary bronchi →
tertiary bronchi →
bronchioles →
alveoli
4 events of respiration
- breathing/ventilation / pulmonary ventilation
- gas exchange (diffusion) between lungs and blood: External respiration
- gas transport in blood between lungs and body cells: left side of heart pumps oxygenated blood to deliver to body
- gas exchange (diffusion) between blood and body cells: When we drop off oxygen to tissue and pick up CO2, becoming deox blood
external respiration
gas exchange at lungs to blood and environment by bringing air into the lungs (inhalation) and releasing air to the atmosphere (exhalation)
Internal respiration
gas exchange at tissues (drop off O2 & pick up CO2)
Upper (outside thorax) / above vocal chords
nose
nasal cavity
sinuses
pharynx