1What is Boyle’s law?
When volume increases, pressure decreases; when volume decreases, pressure increases.
2What happens to the diaphragm during inspiration?
It contracts and moves downward.
3What happens to thoracic volume during inspiration?
It increases.
4What happens to pressure inside the lungs during inspiration?
It decreases, allowing air to enter.
5What happens to the diaphragm during expiration?
It relaxes and moves upward.
6What happens to thoracic volume during expiration?
It decreases.
7What happens to pressure inside the lungs during expiration?
It increases, pushing air out.
8What is the function of pulmonary surfactant?
It reduces surface tension in the alveoli and helps prevent alveolar collapse.
9What is lung compliance?
How easily the lungs expand.
10What is elastic recoil?
The ability of the lungs to return to their original size after stretching.
11What is airway resistance?
The opposition to airflow through the respiratory passages.
12What is an obstructive lung disease?
A condition that makes it difficult to move air out of the lungs because of narrowed or obstructed airways.
13What is a restrictive lung disease?
A condition that limits lung expansion.
14What is tidal volume?
The amount of air inhaled or exhaled during a normal breath.
15What is inspiratory reserve volume?
The additional air that can be inhaled after a normal inspiration.
16What is expiratory reserve volume?
The additional air that can be forcibly exhaled after a normal expiration.
17What is residual volume?
The air remaining in the lungs after a maximal expiration.
18What three factors affect the rate of gas diffusion?
Surface area, membrane thickness, and partial-pressure difference.
19How does increased surface area affect gas diffusion?
It increases the rate of diffusion.
20How does increased membrane thickness affect gas diffusion?
It decreases the rate of diffusion.
21How does a greater partial-pressure difference affect gas diffusion?
It increases the rate of diffusion.
22What is the formula for cardiac output?
\$CO = HR \times SV\$
23What does cardiac output measure?
The amount of blood pumped by one ventricle per minute.
24What two major factors influence mean arterial pressure?
Cardiac output and total peripheral resistance.
25What is preload?
The stretch of the heart muscle before it contracts.
26What is contractility?
The strength of heart muscle contraction.
27What is the plateau phase of a cardiac contractile cell action potential?
The phase that prolongs contraction and the refractory period.
28What does sympathetic stimulation do to heart rate?
It increases heart rate.
29What does sympathetic stimulation do to contractility?
It increases the strength of heart contractions.
30What does parasympathetic stimulation do to heart rate?
It decreases heart rate.
31What is vasoconstriction?
Narrowing of blood vessels, which increases resistance.
32What is vasodilation?
Widening of blood vessels, which decreases resistance.
33Where does most exchange between blood and body tissues occur?
In the capillaries.
34What is the relationship between cardiac output, heart rate, and stroke volume?
\$CO = HR \times SV\$
35What do red blood cells primarily do?
Transport oxygen.
36What do white blood cells primarily do?
Defend the body against infection.
37What is the function of platelets?
Help form platelet plugs during blood clotting.
38What is the function of hemoglobin?
It binds and transports oxygen in red blood cells.
39Why is iron important in hemoglobin?
Iron is part of hemoglobin's oxygen-binding structure.
40What triggers the extrinsic coagulation pathway?
Tissue factor released or exposed by damaged tissue.
41What triggers the intrinsic coagulation pathway?
Contact activation within the blood.
42What happens in the common coagulation pathway?
Reactions lead to the formation of fibrin.
43What is fibrinolysis?
The breakdown of fibrin in a blood clot.
44Where does oxygen move during gas exchange in the lungs?
From the alveoli into the pulmonary capillaries.
45How is most oxygen transported in the blood?
Bound to hemoglobin in red blood cells.
46How is most carbon dioxide transported in the blood?
As bicarbonate ions.
47In which direction do gases diffuse?
From higher partial pressure to lower partial pressure.
48What protein carries most oxygen in the blood?
Hemoglobin.
49Which brain structures help regulate breathing?
The medulla and pons.
50What is external respiration?
Gas exchange between the alveoli and pulmonary blood.
51What is internal respiration?
Gas exchange between systemic blood and body tissues.
52How does increased carbon dioxide affect blood pH?
It tends to lower blood pH, making the blood more acidic.