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Circulation can be separated into three separate parallel circuits:

1) P______
2) C_____
3) S______

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  • Pulmonary
  • Coronary
  • Systematic
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Blood is pumped by the right ventricle to the lungs via the pulmonary artery. What type of blood is this?

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  • De-oxygenated
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Blood returns to the left atrium of the heart via the pulmonary vein. What type of blood is this?

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  • Re-oxygenated
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What is the equation for cardiac output?

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Cardiac output = Heart rate (HR) x Stroke volume (SV)

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What is the normal resting cardiac index?

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• 3.2Lmin-1. m-2

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What is the purpose of the respiratory system?

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  • To exchange O2 and CO2 between the environment and the body
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The respiratory tract is regarded as consisting of two regions. What are these regions?

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  • Upper respiratory tract

* Lower respiratory tract

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What zones is the respiratory system subdivided into?

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  • Conducting zone

- Respiratory zone

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What is the role of goblet cells and cilia cells of the trachea?

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  • Remove more foreign particles
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Breathing consists of two phases, I_______ and E____

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  • Inspiration

* Expiration

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State the function of the respiratory system

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  • Allows you to breath
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STATE PROCESS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

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STATE PROCESS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

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State the structural and functional organisation

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Structural: Upper and lower respiratory tract
Functional: Conducting and respiratory

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Each lung is contained within a separate P____ C____

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  • Pleural cavity
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What are the two functions of pleural fluid?

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  • To lubricate the movement during breathing of the pleural membranes past one another
  • Holds the pleural membranes together which will insure they can slide easily over each other
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For the pleura; what does the parietal and visceral line?

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Parietal: Lines the chest cavity and contains the lungs
Visceral: Lines the lung surface

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What is the structure and function of alveolus?

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  • Air-filled pockets where gas exchange takes place
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How is a greater surface area created for gas exchange?

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  • Branching of the bronchial tubes in the lungs
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What are the two cyclic phases of breathing?

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  • Inspiration/Inhalation

- Exhalation/Expiration

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Why is voluntary control (for breathing) sometimes called cortical control?

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• Input comes from the cerebral cortex

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Give an example or voluntary control for breathing

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  • Holding breath for a short period of time
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What does boyle’s law state?

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  • If the volume increases (inspiration) then the pressure must decrease
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The trachea, bronchial tree and lungs are innervated by the A____ nervous system

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• Autonomic nervous system

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What’s is the respiratory control centre located?

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  • In the brainstem
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What has the most important role in the control of respiration (inspiration)?
• The DRG (dorsal respiratory group)
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What controls exhalation?
• The VRG (ventral respiratory group)
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Tidal breathing is the inhalation and exhalation during ____ breathing
• Normal (at rest) breathing
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Define Tidal volume
- Volume of air moved into (inhalation) or out (exhalation) during a single normal respiratory tract
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What is the functional residual capacity (FRC)?
- The amount of air remaining in the lungs after a normal respiratory cycle (end of exhalation)
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Define expiratory reserve volume (ERV)
- Amount of air that can be voluntarily expelled after a normal respiratory cycle (end of exhalation)
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Define inspiratory capacity
- Amount of air that can be voluntarily inhaled after a normal respiratory cycle (the end of exhalation)
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Define vital capacity
- The sum of ERV and inspiratory capacity - the maximum amount of air that can be moved into or out of lungs during a respiratory cycle
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Define residual volume
- The volume of air that remains after a maximal exhalation
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What apparatus can be used to measure some ventilation volumes?
- Spirometer
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What is the typical respiratory rate?
• 12-18 breaths per minute
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Define alveolar ventilation
The amount of air reaching the alveoli each minute
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How can the alveolar ventilation be increased by?
1) increasing the tidal volume (breathing more deeply) | 2) increasing the respiratory rate (breathing more rapidly)
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Blood vessels can be classified into:
- Arteries - Arterioles - Capillaries - Venules - Veins
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What is the structure of an artery?
• A large diameter, rapid-transport blood vessel with a thick muscular wall which carries blood away from the heart
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Blood flows from a H___ to a L____ pressure area
• High to lower
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What happens during systole? | - How is systolic pressure affected?
• Blood enters the large arteries and stretches their elastic walls - Systolic pressure is at the highest value as pressure goes up
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What happens during diastole? | - How is the diastolic pressure affected?
During diastole no more blood enters the large arteries but their elastic walls recoil and the blood continues to flow into smaller arteries - Diastolic pressure is at its lowest value as pressure falls
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What are the 4 descriptive measures of arterial blood pressure?
* Systolic pressure * Diastolic pressure * Pulse pressure * Mean arterial pressure
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What facts can affect blood pressure?
- Obesity - Alcohol intake - Physiological stress - Physical pressure
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Give an example of where clinically palpable pulses can be found
- Carotid - Radial - Femoral - Branchial etc etc etc
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Most of the blood is made up off P___
•Plasma
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Red blood cells are a biconcave disk. What does this shape give?
* A larger volume:Surface area | * Can bend and flex
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What do red blood cells lose when they differentiate?
- Lose majority of their organelles including their nuclei
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During gas exchange pulmonary capillaries and alveoli form a B____- G___ I______
• Blood gas interference
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The alveolar-capillary membrane is thin which means ……………. is small
• the diffusion distance for gases

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