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Module 7 - Pulmonary / Respiratory Flashcards

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Respiratory zone

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Where gas exchange occurs

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Conducting zone

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Area that is transferring the O2 into the respiratory zone

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Name 3 functions of the nostrils / nasal passage

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(1) warm / humidify / moisten the air

(2) get air into the body

(3) filtration of particles

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What do the nasal passages, trachea, and bronchi have in common?

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They both have ciliated mucous membranes / epithelial cells that filter out pathogens and debris.

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the two membranes in the lungs are called?

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visceral and parietal membranes

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Which membrane is interior and which is exterior in the lungs?

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Visceral = interior
Parietal = exterior

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The space between the visceral and parietal membranes

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Pleura

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What is inside the pleura?

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Thin space with a small amount of fluid

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What is the purpose of the pleura?

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Prevent friction during the breathing process

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Type I alveolar cells are made up of what type of cells?

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Simple squamous epithelial cells

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What is the function of Type I alveolar cells

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Responsible for gas exchange

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What is the function of Type II alveolar cells?

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Produce surfactant

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What is surfactant?

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Lipoprotein that reduces surface tension and prevents the alveoli from collapsing

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Why is surfactant important?

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Surfactant reduces surface tension, which allows the alveoli to inflate, ultimately allowing for gas exchange to occur

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Gas Exchange definition

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Getting oxygen into the body and getting CO2 out of the body

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What are the 4 phases of gas exchange?

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Ventilation

External Respiration

Gas Transport

Internal Respiration

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Process by which we get air from the atmosphere into the lungs and vice versa

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Ventilation

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Process by which we get gas from the type I alveolar cells into the blood, and other gasses from the blood into the type I alveolar cells

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External respiration

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Transport of oxygen to metabolically active tissues and transport of CO2 from the tissues back into the lungs

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Gas transport

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Gas exchange from blood with metabolically active tissue; O2 in and CO2 out

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Internal respiration

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Boyle’s Law

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At a constant temperature for a fixed mass, the absolute pressure and the volume of gas are inversely proportional.

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Dalton’s Law

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In a mixture of non-reacting gasses, the total pressure exerted is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the individual gasses.

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Henry’s Law

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The amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas

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Law of Laplace

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Pressure required to keep the alveoli from collapsing (P) is proportional to tension (T) and inversely related to the radius of the alveoli (P = 2T/r)

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During inspiration, what is Palv and Patm?
Palv < Patm
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During expiration, what is Palv and Patm?
Palv > Patm
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Palv stands for?
alveolar pressure intrapulmonary pressure intra-alveolar pressure (synonymous)
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Pip stands for?
Intrapleural pressure
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What is intrapleural pressure?
The pressure inside the pleura; hydrostatic pressure because the pleura has the small amount of liquid
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What is alveolar pressure?
The pressure inside the lungs / alveoli where gas exchange occurs
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What does TP stand for?
Transpulmonary pressure
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What is transpulmonary pressure (TP)?
Difference between alveolar pressure and intrapleural pressure The pressure difference holding the lungs open
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During inspiration, are we changing Palv or Patm?
Palv
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What helps to generate subatmospheric pressure of the Palv?
Diaphragm and inspiratory intercostals contract d/t phrenic nerve innervation Diaphragm pulls down on parietal pleura and the ribcage opens Thorax area then opens
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T/F: There will always be some elastic recoil force during inspiration.
True
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If we pull down on the parietal pleura and we have some elastic recoil, what happens to the volume of the pleural region?
Pleural region volume will increase, Pip will decrease
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At the end of inspiration, which pressure changes?
Transpulmonary pressure (TP) increases
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What does the increase in TP cause?
Lungs to expand
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What values are we ultimately trying to reduce (pressure) to get air into the lungs?
Palv
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What governs Palv?
(1) Mechanics of increasing thoracic volume (2) PiP will decrease (3) TP will increase
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What happens if the lungs expand?
Palv will decrease and become subatmospheric
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What happens when the diaphragm relaxes?
Phrenic nerve relaxes, parietal pleura no longer being stretched, elastic recoil still present and this pushes the volume to decrease and pressure to increase
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The amount of air inhaled or exhaled in one breath
Tidal Volume (TV)
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The amount of air in excess of tidal inspiration that can be inhaled with maximum effort
Inspiratory Reserve Volume (IRV)
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Maximum amount of air that can be inhaled after a normal tidal expiration (TV + IRV)
Inspiratory Capacity (IC)
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Amount of air in excess of tidal expiration that can be exhaled with maximum effort
Expiratory Reserve Volume (ERV)
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Amount of air that can be exhaled with maximum effort after maximum inspiration
Vital Capacity (VC)
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Amount of air remaining in the lungs after maximum expiration
Residual Volume (RV)
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Ohm's Law
Flow = Pressure gradient / Resistance
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What is the most important factor of resistance?
Radius of the airways
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In Ohm's Law, what is the pressure gradient in reference to?
Palv and Patm
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What are the two major determinants of lung compliance?
(1) stretchability of the lung tissues (2) surface tension at the air-water interfaces within the alveoli
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Which law explains why partial pressure of O2 in the alveoli (PAO2) is 105 mmHg?
Henry's Law
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PAO2 stands for?
Partial pressure of O2 in the alveoli
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PaO2 stands for?
Partial pressure of O2 in the arteries
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What regulates diffusion?
Fick's Law
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What are the factors that increase Flux?
Pressure gradient, surface area, diffusion, permeability
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What factors oppose flux?
Thickness Distance
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Why is the V/Q Ratio important?
In order for O2 to get into the blood and RBCs, we need a supply of blood to the area of the lung that is receiving the O2
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The normal V/Q ratio is what?
0.8
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What does it mean if V/Q ratio >0.8?
Ventilation is high, Perfusion is low; ventilation is exceeding perfusion in that area
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What does it mean if V/Q ratio <0.8?
Perfusion is high, Ventilation is low; Perfusion is exceeding ventilation in that area
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Name 2 causes of V/Q ratio < 0.8.
Asthma, airway obstruction
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Name 2 causes of V/Q > 0.8.
pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolism (less blood to the area)
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Would someone with COPD have a high or low V/Q ratio?
Low because low ventilation, higher perfusion
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Why does hypoxic vasoconstriction occur in people with COPD?
Body will try to restore the V/Q ratio naturally by constricting the vasculature that normally supplies blood to that area of the lung that is not working --> decrease perfusion to match to ventilation
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Why do people with COPD sometimes get pulmonary hypertension?
Decreased SA, we don't want to waste blood in that area, so we constrict blood vessels in that area --> increases pressure in the vasculature --> leads to hypertension
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CaO2 stands for?
Total arterial oxygen content
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What is the most important factor of CaO2?
Hemoglobin
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SaO2 stands for
Hemoglobin O2 saturation expressed as a fraction
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What are the three key factors of CaO2?
Hb, SaO2, and PaO2
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What are the two constants in the CaO2 equation?
0.003 - solubility for O2 1.39 - oxygen binding capacity of Hb
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What is a normal Hb?
11-16
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What is a normal SaO2?
93-98%
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What is a normal PaO2
80-100 mmHg
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What variable can we alter by the use of hyperbaric therapy?
PaO2
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During anemia, there is a ____ in RBC, which causes ____ to Hb and O2 delivery
decrease, decrease
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What factor does anemia affect in terms of the CaO2 equation?
Hb
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What factor does Pulmonary Disorders / COPD affect in the CaO2 equation?
SaO2 and PaO2
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Why does pulmonary disorder / COPD result in a similar CaO2 as normal?
Because Hb is not affected and because of compensation
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What state is iron in in Hemoglobin?
Ferrous state
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What is the structure of Hb?
4 globin units; 2 alpha, 2 beta
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The deoxygenated Hb form is also called?
T / Taut configuration
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During which configuration (taut or relaxed) does O2 bind better?
Relaxed configuration
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Cooperative binding
once one O2 binds to a globin unit, it makes it easier for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th to bind
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PaO2 is influenced by what 4 main factors?
(1) Composition of inspired air (2) Alveolar ventilation (3) Oxygen diffusion between alveoli and blood (4) Adequate perfusion of alveoli
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Why is O2 therapy used to increase PaO2?
Because O2 therapy will alter the composition of inspired air to increase the amount of O2 available to get into the body.
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What 3 factors affect alveolar ventilation?
(1) rate and depth of breathing (2) airway resistance (3) lung compliance
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If you have narrowing of the airways, this will _____ resistance and ______ PaO2
increase, decrease
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Alveolar ventilation is related to what factor in Fick's Law?
Pressure gradient
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What two factors impact oxygen diffusion between alveoli and blood?
(1) surface area (2) diffusion distance
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T/F: As membrane thickness increases, membrane diffusion increases.
False.
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If you have a high V/Q ratio, how will this affect diffusion?
Diffusion will decrease or stop altogether because there is no blood perfusing to the area for the O2 to enter into
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When we have a high PaO2, the SaO2 will do what?
Increase
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When PaO2 drops below 80 mmHg, what happens to SaO2?
This is when we start to see SaO2 drop / decrease.
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What makes it difficult for O2 to bind to Hemoglobin in the Taut configuration?
O2 is not on the same plane so it has trouble binding
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What disrupts the electrostatic interactions between globin molecules?
When O2 binds
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When electrostatic interactions are disrupted between globin molecules, what happens next?
It allows for the iron to get on the same plane as the porphyrin --> makes it easier for other O2 to bind to the iron Triggers Relaxed state

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