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What is respiratory failure?

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when the respiratory system is unable to do its job

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What are the 3 ways respiratory failure can occur?

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  1. gas exchanging capabilities
  2. neural control of ventilation
  3. neuromuscular breathing apparatus
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What is blood hypoxia?

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deficient blood oxygenation

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What are the levels of PaO2 and % Hb saturation in blood hypoxia?

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low PaO2 and low % Hb saturation

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What are the 5 general causes of hypoxia?

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  1. inhalation of low PO2 (high altitude)
  2. hypoventilation
  3. ventilation imbalance
  4. shunts of blood across the lungs
  5. O2 diffusion impairment
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What happens to PaO2 and PaCO2 during hypoventilation?

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PaO2 decreases and PaCO2 increases

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How does hypoventilation happen?

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due to disease affecting the CNS, neuromuscular diseases, barbiturates and other drugs/narcotics

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How does ventilation imbalance in the lungs occur?

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when the amount of fresh gas reaching an alveolar region per breath is too little for the blood flow through the capillaries of that region

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What happens to venous blood during shunts of blood across the lungs?

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it bypasses the gas exchange region of the lungs and returns to systemic circulation, deoxygenated

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What is an example of shunts of blood across the lungs?

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foramen ovale

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What are 2 examples of O2 diffusion impairment?

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thickening of the alveolar capillary membrane or pulmonary edema

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What kind of control is breathing under?

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voluntary and involuntary control

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Which neurological structures control voluntary breathing?

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the cerebral hemispheres

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Which neurological structures control involuntary breathing?

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the brainstem (pons + medulla)

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What happens when you stop ventilation voluntarily?

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breathing will eventually start again

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What is the breaking point?

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when arterial PCO2 and PO2 has reached levels where voluntary control is over-ridden

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What does over-riding of the voluntary control by the automatic control depend upon?

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the information from the receptors sensitive to CO2 and O2 levels

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What are the 3 basic elements in the respiratory control system?

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sensors, controllers and effectors

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What is the function of sensors?

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they gather information about lung volume and O2/CO2 content

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What are the two kinds of sensors?

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pulmonary receptors and chemoreceptors

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How is information sent to controllers?

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via afferent neural fibres

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Where are controllers located?

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in the pons and medulla

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What happens when information has reached the pons and medulla?

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the peripheral information and inputs from the higher structures of the CNS are integrated

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What is another name for effectors?

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the respiratory muscles

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Why are neuronal impulses sent to effectors?
so that ventilation can be adjusted to the person's metabolic needs
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Where are the pacemakers cells located?
the ventral respiratory group of the medulla
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What is the function of the ventral respiratory group?
they generate the basic rhythm
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What does the ventral respiratory group contain?
pre-Botzinger complex
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What is the function of the dorsal respiratory group?
they receive several sensory inputs
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What do the cells in the ventral and dorsal respiratory group connect to?
inspiratory motor neurons
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What kind of rhythmicity do the respiratory neurons in the medulla generate?
the basic respiratory rhythmicity
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What kind of cells are found in the medulla?
pacemaker cells
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What is another name for the upper pons?
the pneumotaxic centre
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What is the function of the upper pons?
it modifies the inspiratory activity of the centres in the medulla
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Does the upper pons turn on or turn off inspiration?
turn off
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What happens to the tidal volume and breathing frequency when the upper pons turns off inspiration?
tidal volume: becomes smaller breathing frequency: increases
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What happens to breathing when the pneumotaxic centres are cut?
it becomes deep and slow
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What happens to breathing when the vagus nerves are cut?
it becomes deep and slow
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What is another name for the lower pons?
the apneustic centre
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What s the function of the cells located in the lower pons?
they send excitatory impulses to the respiratory groups of the medulla
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What does the lower pons promote?
inspiration
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What happens when you remove the upper pons and the vagus nerve?
apneuses
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What kind of breathing is seen in some severe types of brain injury?
apneuses
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What is apneuses?
tonic inspiratory activity interrupted by short expirations
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What do chemoreceptors detect?
PO2, PCO2 and pH in arterial blood
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Where is information from the chemoreceptors carried to?
to the respiratory neurons
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When will the activity of respiratory neurons increase?
- PaO2 <60mmHg - PaCO2 >40 mmHg
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When will the activity of respiratory neurons decrease?
- PaO2 > 100 mmHg - PaCO2 < 40 mmHg
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What are the two kinds of chemoreceptors?
central and peripheral
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Where are central chemoreceptors located?
on the ventral surface of the medulla
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What do the central chemoreceptors detect?
the pH of the cerebrospinal fluid surrounding them
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What is the pH of the CSF surrounding the central chemoreceptors influenced by?
the PCO2 of the arterial blood
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What do the central chemoreceptors give rise to?
the main drive to breathe under normal conditions
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How can the sensitivity of central chemoreceptors be assessed?
by a CO2 rebreathing test
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What happens during a CO2 rebreathing test?
a subject breathes different CO2 mixtures or rebreathes expired air from a bag filled with O2 so that with each expiration, the inspired PCO2 gradually increases
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What happens when the chemoreceptors are stimulated during the CO2 rebreathing test?
minute ventilation increases, hyperventilation, decrease in PCO2 in the blood and CSF
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What kind of relationship is there between ventilation and PCO2 in central chemoreceptors?
linear
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What are peripheral chemoreceptors mainly sensitive to?
changes in PO2
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What are peripheral chemoreceptors stimulated by?
increased PCO2 and decreased pH
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Where are peripheral chemoreceptors located?
in carotid bodies (the bifurcation of the common carotid arteries) and in the aortic bodies (next to the ascending aorta)
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What are the carotid and aortic bodies made up of?
blood vessels, structural supporting tissue and nerve endings of sensory neurons of the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerve
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What two nerves make up the carotid and aortic bodies?
the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves
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Where do the afferent fibers of the peripheral chemoreceptors projected?
to the dorsal group of the respiratory neurons in the medulla
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How can the sensitivity of peripheral chemoreceptors be assessed?
by having a subject breathe gas mixtures with decreased concentrations of O2
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What pressure does O2 have to be in order to have an appreciable change in minute ventilation?
60 mmHg
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At increased PCO2, a decrease of PO2 below ___ can already cause an increase in minute ventilation.
100 mmHg
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An ___ in PCO2 and a ___ in PO2 interact giving an augmented ventilatory response
increase, decrease
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What are the 3 kinds of receptors in the lungs that respond to mechanical stimuli?
1. pulmonary stretch receptors 2. irritant receptos 3. j receptors
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Where do the afferent fibres of the receptors that respond to mechanical stimuli travel?
in the vagus nerves
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Where are pulmonary stretch receptors located?
in smooth muscles of the trachea down to the terminal bronchioles
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What are pulmonary stretch receptors innervated by?
large, myelinated fibres
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When do pulmonary stretch receptors discharge?
in response to distension of the lung
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When does the activity of the stretch receptors increase?
as lung volume increases during each inspiration
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What is the reflex that stimulates pulmonary stretch receptors?
the Hering-Breuer Inflation Reflex
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What is the Hering-Breuer Inflation Reflex?
a decrease in respiratory frequency due to a prolongation of expiratory time
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Where is Hering-Breuer Inflation Reflex noticeable?
in infant and animals
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Where are the irritant receptors located?
between airway epithelial cells in the trachea down to the respiratory bronchioles
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What are the irritant receptors stimulated by?
noxious gases, cigarette smoke, histamine, cold air and dust
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What are irritant receptors innervated by?
myelinated fibers
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What happens when irritant receptors are stimulated?
bronchoconstriction and hyperpnea happens
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What are irritant receptors important in?
the reflex bronchoconstriction triggered by histamine release during an allergic asthmatic attack
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Where are the junta-capillary receptors found?
in the alveolar walls close to the capillaries
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What innervates the juxta-capillary receptors?
non-myelinated fibres
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What kind of activity do the juxta-capillary receptors have?
short lasting bursts
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What are juxta-capillary receptors stimulated by?
an increase in pulmonary interstitial fluid
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What are the reflexes caused by the juxta-capillary receptors?
rapid and shallow respiration and apnea
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What do juxta-capillary receptors play a role in?
dyspnea associated with left heart failure and lung edema or congestion
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What does minute ventilation increase linearly with?
VO2
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What happens to minute ventilation when exercise increases?
it increases
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What happens to arterial PO2 when exercise increases?
it remains constant
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What happens to arterial PCO2 when exercise increases?
it stays constant then decreases
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What happens to pH when exercise increases?
it increases
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The role of the central chemoreceptors is important at ___ but not so much during ___.
rest, exercise
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What increases the sensitivity of the peripheral chemoreceptors to CO2 and H+ during exercise?
fluctuations in PaO2

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