Quiz 2: Respiration Video Flashcards
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What controls respiration?
Medullary respiratory centers
What are the medullary respiratory centers made up of?
Ventral and dorsal groups
What is the ventral group responsible for?
Rhythmicity of breathing
In the drawing, the two bottom circles make up what?
Medullary respiratory centers
The ventral group is in the _____.
front
The dorsal group is in the _____.
back
What is the dorsal group responsible for?
Inspiration (the diaphragm)
What is the other respiratory system named that is located in the pons?
Pontine respiratory center
The pontine respiratory center will interact with the _____ _____ _____ to _____ _____.
Medulla respiratory center; smooth respiration
The pontine respiratory center will provide _____ _____ to the ______ _____ to help coordinate _____ _____ _____.
tonic input; medullary network; smooth respiratory rhythm
What is the thorax made up of?
Ribs and sternum
Within the thorax, we find the _____.
lungs
What is one of the important muscles in respiration that is beneath the lungs?
Diaphragm
What is another important muscle in respiration? Where is it located?
Intercostal muscles; run between the ribs
The _____ connects the _____ to the _____.
trachea; larynx; lungs
The _____ _____ will send _____ to the muscles of the _____ to trigger _____ or _____.
respiratory center; impulses; lungs; inspiration; expiration
The impulses are sent via _____ to the _____ _____ to cause _____. The ribs will ______.
neurons; intercostal muscles; inspiration; rise
The impulses are also being sent to the _____ to cause _____. The diaphragm will _____.
diapraghm; inspiration; descend
The _____ _____ will send _____ to cause _____ and _____.
respiratory center; impulses; inspiration; expiration
The quicker the _____, the _____ the _____.
The slower the _____, the _____ the _____.
impulse; faster; breathing
impulse, slower; breathing
What can firstly influence the _____ _____ _____ which then will stimulate or suppress the _____ _____ _____ and respiration itself?
Pontine respiratory center; medullary respiratory center
Higher centers of the brain (where we have voluntary control)
What are the higher centers of the brain important for the perception of?
Voluntary control; pain, emotion, temperature
What is the main regulator/influencer of respiration?
Peripheral chemoreceptors
Where are the peripheral chemoreceptors located?
In the carotid and aortic bodies