BLOCK 2 Flashcards
What is the effect of angiotensin II in the kidney?
Increases activtiy of Na+/H+ exchanger
effect of beta blockers?
Inhibit insulin release
What is the role of ACE enzyme during hypotension?
Breaks down bradykinin, a potent vasodilator
Effect of progesterone on respiratory centre?
Increases tidal volume and ventilation due to increased CO2 sensitivity
What causes increased cardiac output?
Increased stroke volume
What is the physiological response to hypoxia?
Vasoconstriciton of pulmonary arteries, increased tidal volume and RR
What is lung compliance?
Ability to expand- the greater the elastic recoil, the lower the lung compliance
What is pulmonary oedema?
Alvoeli fill with fluid that exert mechanical stress to reduce lung compliance
What is the effect of irritant receptors when activated?
Bronchospasm
Where are the inspiratory and expiratoryneurones found?
Medulla
What is the ventral group?
Neurons in medulla which cause forced voluntary expiration, such as cough. It sends inhibitory impulses to pontine apneustic centre.
What is the pneumotaxic centre?
Upper pons area which ihnibits inspiration and fine tunes RR.
What is the apneustic centre?
Located in lower pons which stimulates respiration. Inhibited by pneumotaxic centre to reduce respiration.
What do central cehmoreceptors respond to?
Located in medulla and respond to increased H+ in brain interstital fluid.
What depresses the respiratory medullary centre?
Opiates
Effect of lung stretch receptors?
Reduces RR rate
Where does automatic involuntary control of respiration occur?
Medulla
What is the role of type 1 pnuemocytes?
Gas exchange
Clara/club cells
Produce lysosyms and glycosaminoglycans found in the terminal bronchioles. They are columnar/cuboidal with microvilli. They are non ciliated and don’t produced mucous
Pleural pressure
Pressure surronding lung in pleural space. It is negative if it is below atmospheric pressure when doing quiet breathing.
What is the function of pulmonary surfactant?
Reduces surface tension in alevoli to prevent collapse and reduce effort of breathing
What is metabolic acidosis?
Caused by gain of acid such diabetic ketoacidosis due to severe insulin deficiency, Addison’s disease with excess cortisol or diarrhoea with loss of bicarbonates.
What increases lung compliance?
Age and emphysema which reduce elastic tissue.
What decreases lung compliance?
Pulmonary oedema, pulmonary fibrosis due to increased elastic tissue.