ventilation-quiz2 Flashcards
Receives afferent impulses from all other areas in the body
Respiratory control center located in the medulla oblongata
It is here where afferent impulses are interpreted & efferent impulses are initiated
Medulla oblongata
These are 2 areas in the medulla that contain respiratory neurons
Dorsal Respiratory group & Ventral respiratory group
This is where inspiratory efferent impulses originate & then travel to VRG & Spinal Chord
DRG
Inspiration normally a ramp signal, increasing steadily for approx. _______ seconds & then stopping for approx. _______ seconds.
2 seconds
3 seconds
What is the primary controller of the depth & rate of inspiration?
DRG
Name the two centers in the pons that contain afferent respiratory neurons?
Pneumotaxic Center
Apneustic Center
Functions primarily by sending efferent impulses to all expiratory motor neurons during stressed ventilation?
VRG
Axons from the higher brain centers descend into where?
Spinal Cord
Afferent impulses from here fine tune ventilator rhythmic breathing
Pneumotaxic Center
Afferent impulses from here cause a sustained inspiratory pattern with only short expiratory times which is located in the lower pons; if destroyed will cause a rapid, irregular, gasping respiratory pattern.
Apneustic Center
Inhibits length of respiration
Pneumotaxic Center
Important to stressed breathing, they are inactive during normal quiet breathing & is important during exercises; Sends inspiratory efferent impulses during stressed breathing
VRG
Responsible for generating the basic rhythm of inspiration
DRG
Afferent impulses via the vagus nerve originate from what two areas?
Baroreceptors & Pulmonary Reflexes (stretch receptors aka Hering-Breuer Reflex)
Where are stretch receptors located that activate the Hering-Breuer Reflex?
Smooth muscle of conducting airways
What stimulates the hering-breuer reflex?
Lung inflation & increased transpulmonary pressures stiulate the receptors
Where are J-receptors located?
In the walls of pulmonary capillaries
What stimulates J-receptors?
Increased interstitial fluid volume or edema, pulmonary congestion, chemical irritants
What type of breathing occurs when j receptors are stimulated?
Rapid, Shallow breathing
When J-receptors are stimulated it can result in hyper/hypo ventilation?
Hypoventilation
This innervates the peripheral chemoreceptor cells in the carotid bodies?
Glossopharyngeal Nerve
Central/Peripheral chemoreceptors can differentiate between concentrations or pressures of various substances?
Peripheral
Name the 2 groups of peripheral chemoreceptors & what nerve innervates them?
Carotid bodies innervated by glossopharyngeal (cranial IX) nerve;
Aortic bodies innervated by vagus nerve (cranial X)
A compensatory/synergistic response from peripheral chemoreceptors works during hypoxemia and acidosis
Synergistic
Name 2 conditions that have no stimulating effect on ventilation?
Carbon monoxide poisoning & anemia
PaCO2 has a direct/indirect effect on chemoreceptor cells?
Indirect
The magnitude of the response of H+ is greater in chemical/peripheral chemoreceptors?
Chemical chemoreceptors
Stimulation of peripheral chemoreceptors by an increase in H+ causes a decreased/increased RR & increased/decreased tidal volume.
caused increased RR
increased tidal volumes
T or F: A decrease in H+ which stimulates peripheral chemoreceptors dramatically decreases RR & Vt
False, it has a slight decrease in both