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