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the rate of blood perfusion of the respiratory surface is related to ….

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the requirements of the tissues for gas transfer

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the amount of O2 delivered to the respiratory surface must equal …

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the amount taken away from the blood

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the ventilation to perfusion ratio in humans is

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1 b/c the O2 contnet of blood is approximately that of air

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the ventilation to perfusion ratio in fish is

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10:1 to 20:1

water over gills:blood over gills

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to compensate for a decrease in PO2 in air or water…

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ventilation increases

and vice versa

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why can the pattern of capillary blood flow change in gills and lungs

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maintain equal blood and inhalent flow over the respiratory surface

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how does hypoxic vasoconstriction of blood vessels in the lung help to maintain an ideal ventilation to perfusion ratio?

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low alveolar O2 level causes vasoconstriction so blood doesnt flow to this area of the respiratory surface

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neuronal regulatuion of breathing 2 types

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pattern generator

rhythm generator

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pattern generator

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sets depth and amplitude of each breath

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rhythm generator

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controls breathing frequency

pre-Botzinger complex in brain stem

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medullary respiratory center

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sends signals to spinal motor neurons that control the diaphragm and intercostal muscles

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Hering-Breuer reflex

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reflex to prevent overinflation of the lungs

pulmonary stretch receptors sense over-stretching during large breaths and inhibit the vagus nerve

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phrenic nerve

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affects diaphragm via inspiratory neuronal activity

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inspiratory neuronal activity

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controls muscles of inspiration

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amphibian and reptile episodic breathing

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intrinsic property of brainstem

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fluxes in O2 and CO2 levels in animals lead to ______ changes in ventilation

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reflex

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two types of receptors that affect rate and depth of breathing

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carotid bodies

aortic bodies

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carotid bodies and aortic bodies are ____________ that measure changes in __ and ____

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chemoreceptors, O2, CO2, and pH

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“central” chemoreceptors CSF

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in medulla

respond to decreases in pH of CSF (high CO2) detect H+

accurate b/c no buffer system in CSF

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peipheral chemoreceptors monitor

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arterial blood

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do peripheral chemoreceptors react to high CO2 or low pH

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they think low pH, not the actual CO2 level

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carotid body chemoreceptors respond greater to…

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pH/CO2 changes

leads to inc ventilation via medullary resp center

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increases in _____________ and _______ can also stimulate carotid chemoreceptors, and stimulation of the carotid nerve causes release of _____

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temperature, osmolarity, ADH

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in mammals does CO2 or O2 dominate breathing rate

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CO2

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in aquatic vertebrates does CO2 or O2 dominate breathing rate and why
O2 O2 is limiting in water b/c less soluble and concentration fluctuates a lot more
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fish exposed to high O2...
reduce breathing until there is a high PCO2 in blood
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CO2 effect on mammal pulmonary stretch receptors
reduces their inhibitory effect to increase depth of breathing and lung ventilation
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lung irritant receptors
stimulation by mucous or dust causes bronchioconstriction and coughing
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type J receptors in the lungs
stimulation causes a feeling of breathlessness responds to increased interstitial fluid (pulmonary edema)
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hypoxia definition
reduced oxygen levels
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fish exposed to hypoxia do what
stop feeding and inhibit protein metabolism (growth is impaired) stop breeding swim less move to cooler water (lower temp reduces metabolism)
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in general, animals reduce ______ expenditure and use _________ metabolic pathways to survive hypoxia
energy, anaerobic
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what 2 systems do animals adjust to survive hypoxia
respiratory cardiovascular ex. fish increase gill ventilation and ram-ventilated fish open mouth gap wider
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high altitudes are associated with lower...
temperatures and pressures
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acute altitude sickness symptoms
fatigue headache dizziness, nausea insomnia
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chronic altitue sickness
memory loss confusion
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mountain sickness is common in _________ populations but not _________
Andean, Tibetans
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decrease in blood PCO2 and resultant increase in CSF pH does what to ventilation, and what happens at high altitude
reduces it blood and CSF pH returned to normal after days-1wk by excretion of bicarbonate...gradual increase in ventilation
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cardiovascular effects of high altitude
increase in CO, then 1/3 increase in blood volume vasodilation
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humans living at altitude usually have ______ bodies and _______ lungs
small, normal
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most vertebrates respond to altitude with ________ RBC, and blood hemoglobin
increased (improve O2 carrying capacity) triggered by reduced blood O2 --> EPO from kidney/liver
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Andean adaptations
inc RBC + Hb many unsaturated RBC --> viscous blood More O2 attached to Hb
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Tibetan adaptations
Breathe more air and faster (larger lung volume) low O2 saturation 240x NO levels --> vasodilation (more flow)
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Kenyan adaptations
increased O2 transfer from alveoli to blood
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HIF-1
stimulate EPO stim vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) --> capillary growth for inc flow
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what 3 places do diving animals store O2
blood lungs tissues
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diving animals have high levels of
Hb and myoglobin
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during a dive, where is O2 preferentially delivered
brain heart
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during a prolonged dive what happens to heart rate and CO
heart rate slows (bradycardia) lower CO
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why must air-breathing animals have enough O2 stores during a dive and metabolism reduced
support aerobic metabolism b/c they can't handle the lactic acid production from anaerobic metabolism
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why do some animals exhale before diving to reduce O2 stores in lungs and compress the lungs
air stored in trachea and bronchi which are more rigid than alveoli this is so rapid ascent doesn't cause formation of bubbles in the blood (which would happen if air was in alveoli cause they would be compressed on ascent)
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where are receptors that detect presence of water and inhibit inspiration during a dive
near the glottis near the mouth or nose
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mammals during birth
move from an aqueous environment to air short period of anoxia from stopping of placental circulation and 1st breath of air behaves like a diving animal during this time
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what is symmorphosis
we are designed so function doesn't exceed our requirements ex. gas transfer systems
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fish are denser than surrounding water and must do what to maintain position
swimming and using fins --> costs energy solution: buoyancy device
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3 ways aquatic animals maintain neutral buoyancy
swimbladder large lipid bilayers ammonium chloide
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what does it mean that a swim bladder is compressible
volume changes with depth and therefore so does the buoyancy of the animal
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hydrostatic pressure increases by _atm for every depth of __m
1atm, 10m
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when a fish on the surface dives to 10m...
pressure in swim bladder goes from 1atm to 2atm volume reduced by 1/2 and density of the fish increases --> sinking
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problem with swim bladder instability
volume changes is potentially dangerous solution: adding or removing gas into the bladder during descent or ascent to maintain volume
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why doesnt gas partial pressure or gas in water vary with depth
water is incompressible
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what kind of gas is in a swim bladder
usually O2 but sometimes N2
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if a fish dives to a depth of 100m, does O2 need to be added or removed to maintain buoyancy
added supplied from environment against a pressure difference (bladder 10atm, water 0.228 atm)
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structure of a swim bladder
tough wall impermeable to gas but slow leak out at inc depth easily expanded if pressure inside > pressure outside
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rete mirabile
present in fish that can move O2 into the bladder vs. a high pressure gradient bundles of capillaries arranged for countercurrent flow btw arterial and venous blood
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what happens btw a rete and gas gland (secretory epithelium in swim bladder)
blood passes through arterial capillaries of rete goes to secretory epithelium in swim bladder wall then back through venous capillaries to liver
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in the rete, arterial and venous blood are separated by a large or small distance
very small... 1.5micrometers
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what does rete structure allow
blood to flow into the swimbladder wall without loss of gas
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how is O2 secreted into the swim bladder (low mitochondria is gas gland cells so glycolysis)
gas-gland cells make CO2 and H+ that lower pH so O2 is released by Hg (root-off effect) also causes increase in ionic concentration --> reduce O2 solubility therefore PO2 in gas gland > than swim badder so O2 diffuses from blood into the bladder
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what molecule transfers drop in pH in rete to RBC
CO2 b/c RBC impermeable to H+ blood leaving gas gland to venous capillaries high in CO2
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arterial (afferent) rete to venous rete steps
H+ produced by gas gland and CO2 diffuses from venous (efferent) rete low pH from CO2 causes O2 release from Hb causing local high pO2 and O2 into swim bladder when venous CO2 flows into afferent, pH raises and Hb picks up O2 again causing low pO2 (root-on)
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EPAS1 gene of Tibetans
Prevents overproduction of RBC

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