Neuroregulation of Ventilation Flashcards
What part of the respiratory center is responsible for inspiration
Dorsal Respiratory group
What part of the medulla respiratory center is responsible for expiration
Ventral respiratory group
What part is responsible for central pattern generator
Pre-Botzinger Complex
What does the pontine respiratory Group do
Smooths transition between inspiration and expiration
What do barbiturates do
Sleeping medicine, overdose can inhibit respiratory centers
What are the inhibitory neurotransmitters
GABA and Glycine
What is another name for the pontine respiratory group
Pneumotaxic center
What does failure of the pontine respiroratory group lead to
Apneusis (abnormal breathing pattern
Ondine’s curse is also known as
Primary respiratory hypoventilation syndrome
J receptors are receptors for
Pain
What does the J receptors do to stimuli
Stimulus of breathing
What is the reflex that prevents over stretching of the lungs
Hering-Breuer (vagus nerve)
Where are the peripheral chemoreceptors located and what do they respond to
Carotid bodies, aortic arch; low PaO2, pH, and PaCO2
Do central chemoreceptors respond to hypoxia
No
Peripheral chemoreccpetors are very sensitive to changes in
PaCO2
