Cardiovascular System Anatomy
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What are the four chambers of the heart?
Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and left ventricle.
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What do the atria do?
Receive blood returning to the heart.
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What do the ventricles do?
Pump blood out of the heart.
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What is the aorta?
The large artery carrying blood from the left ventricle to the body.
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What are arteries?
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
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What are arterioles?
Small arteries that regulate resistance and direct blood flow.
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What are capillaries?
Small vessels where gases, nutrients, and wastes are exchanged.
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What are venules?
Small vessels that collect blood from capillaries.
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What are veins?
Blood vessels that return blood to the heart.
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What are the venae cavae?
Large veins that return systemic blood to the right atrium.
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What is the pericardium?
The protective sac surrounding the heart.
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What does the tricuspid valve separate?
The right atrium and right ventricle.
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What does the bicuspid valve separate?
The left atrium and left ventricle.
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What do the chordae tendineae do?
Anchor atrioventricular valves and prevent them from inverting.
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What do papillary muscles do?
Tension the chordae tendineae during ventricular contraction.
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What are autorhythmic cells?
Heart cells that spontaneously generate action potentials.
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What are intercalated disks?
Connections that electrically and mechanically link cardiac muscle cells.
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Does the NCX antiporter directly use ATP?
No; it uses the sodium gradient to exchange sodium and calcium.
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What is the sinoatrial (SA) node?
The heart's primary pacemaker.
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What is the atrioventricular (AV) node?
The structure that delays and relays the cardiac electrical signal.
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What are Purkinje fibers?
Specialized fibers that rapidly conduct impulses through the ventricles.
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What is the pathway of cardiac electrical conduction?
SA node, atria, AV node, bundle branches, and Purkinje fibers.
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Why is AV node delay important?
It allows the ventricles time to fill before contracting.
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What is an electrocardiogram (ECG)?
A recording of the heart's electrical activity.
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What does the P wave represent?
Atrial depolarization.
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What does the QRS complex represent?
Ventricular depolarization.
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What does the T wave represent?
Ventricular repolarization.
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What is systole?
The contraction phase of the cardiac cycle.
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What is diastole?
The relaxation and filling phase of the cardiac cycle.
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What is stroke volume?
The amount of blood ejected by one ventricle per beat.
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How is stroke volume calculated?
\$SV = EDV - ESV\$
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What is end-diastolic volume (EDV)?
The blood volume in a ventricle at the end of filling.
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What is end-systolic volume (ESV)?
The blood remaining in a ventricle after contraction.
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How is cardiac output calculated?
\$CO = HR \times SV\$
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What is cardiac output?
The volume of blood pumped by one ventricle per minute.
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What is inotropy?
The ability of cardiac muscle to generate force.
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What is afterload?
The pressure or resistance the ventricle must overcome to eject blood.
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How is ejection fraction calculated?
\$EF = (SV/EDV) \times 100\$
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What does ejection fraction measure?
The percentage of EDV ejected with each contraction.
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What is the Frank-Starling law?
Stroke volume increases as end-diastolic volume increases.
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What determines EDV?
Venous return to the heart.
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What are three factors that increase venous return?
Skeletal muscle pump, respiratory pump, and sympathetic stimulation of veins.
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What are positive inotropes?
Agents that increase cardiac contractility.
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Which chemicals are positive inotropes in the slides?
Epinephrine, norepinephrine, and digitalis.
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What do catecholamines do to calcium storage?
They increase calcium storage through phospholamban-related mechanisms.
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What is the cardiovascular pressure reservoir?
The arterial system.
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What is the cardiovascular volume reservoir?
The venous system.
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Which blood vessels are primarily manipulated to redirect blood flow?
Arterioles.
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What is the main function of elastic arteries?
To stretch and recoil as blood is pumped from the heart.
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What is the main function of arterioles?
To regulate resistance and control blood distribution.
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What is the main function of capillaries?
Exchange substances between blood and tissues.
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What is the main function of veins?
Return blood to the heart and store blood volume.
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What is pulse pressure?
The difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
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How is pulse pressure calculated?
\$PP = SBP - DBP\$
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How is mean arterial pressure (MAP) approximated?
\$MAP \approx DBP + \frac13(PP)\$
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What is the relationship between MAP, cardiac output, and resistance?
\$MAP \propto CO \times TPR\$
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What does TPR stand for?
Total peripheral resistance.
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What two factors determine cardiac output?
Heart rate and stroke volume.
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What primarily determines arteriolar resistance?
Arteriolar diameter.
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What happens to resistance when an arteriole constricts?
Resistance increases.
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What happens to resistance when an arteriole dilates?
Resistance decreases.
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What is sphygmomanometry?
The measurement of blood pressure using an inflatable cuff.
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What are Korotkoff sounds?
Sounds heard as blood begins flowing through a compressed artery during cuff deflation.
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What is shock?
A condition in which circulation cannot adequately deliver blood to tissues.
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What is myogenic autoregulation?
A local response in which vascular smooth muscle adjusts contraction when stretched.
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What happens when vascular smooth muscle is stretched?
Mechanically gated calcium channels open and the muscle contracts.
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What is active hyperemia?
Increased blood flow caused by increased tissue metabolic activity.
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What is reactive hyperemia?
Increased blood flow after a period of restricted blood flow.
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What is nitric oxide's effect on blood vessels?
It promotes vasodilation.
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What are histamine and kinins?
Potent vasodilators released by cells in response to local signals.
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How does norepinephrine affect arterioles through alpha receptors?
It causes vasoconstriction.
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What happens when sympathetic signals to arterioles decrease?
The vessels dilate.
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What is the baroreflex?
A reflex that adjusts cardiovascular activity in response to blood pressure changes.
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What do baroreceptors detect?
Stretch in arterial walls caused by blood pressure.
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Where is blood flow velocity fastest?
In the aorta.
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Where is blood flow velocity slowest?
In the capillaries.
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Why is blood flow slowest in capillaries?
They have the greatest total cross-sectional area.
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What is bulk flow?
Movement of fluid across capillary walls due to pressure differences.
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What is filtration?
Movement of fluid out of capillaries.
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What is absorption?
Movement of fluid into capillaries.
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What is hydrostatic pressure?
The pressure a fluid exerts against a surface.
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What is colloid or oncotic pressure?
The osmotic pull created by proteins in the blood.
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What is edema?
Excess fluid accumulation in the tissues.
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What do lymph vessels do?
Return excess interstitial fluid to the cardiovascular circulation.
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What is atherosclerosis?
An inflammatory process involving plaque buildup in arterial walls.
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Which factors contribute to cardiovascular disease?
Smoking, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and untreated hypertension.
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Which cardiovascular disease risk factors are not controllable?
Sex, age, and family history.
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What is HDL cholesterol commonly called in the slides?
Healthy cholesterol.
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What is LDL cholesterol commonly called in the slides?
Lethal cholesterol.
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What is hypertension?
Persistently elevated blood pressure.
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What are the three major constituents of blood?
Plasma, red blood cells, and formed elements including white blood cells and platelets.
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What is plasma?
The liquid portion of blood.
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What is albumin?
A plasma protein that contributes to colloid osmotic pressure.
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What are globulins?
Plasma proteins that include proteins involved in immune defense and transport.
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What is fibrinogen?
A plasma protein that is converted into fibrin during clotting.
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What does transferrin do?
Transports iron in the blood.
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What is hematopoiesis?
The production of blood cells.
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Where does blood cell production occur?
In red bone marrow.
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What is yellow marrow?
Bone marrow that primarily stores fat.
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What does erythropoietin stimulate?
Red blood cell production.
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What does thrombopoietin stimulate?
Platelet production.
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What is an interleukin?
A signaling molecule involved in regulating immune and blood cell activity.
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What is hematocrit?
The percentage of blood volume occupied by red blood cells.
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What is hemoglobin?
The oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells.
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What are the main functions of red blood cells?
Transport oxygen and contribute to carbon dioxide transport.
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What are the main functions of white blood cells?
Defend the body against pathogens and foreign material.
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What is the main function of platelets?
Help stop bleeding by forming platelet plugs and supporting clotting.
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What are the five types of white blood cells?
Neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils.
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What is anemia?
A condition involving reduced oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood.
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What is hemostasis?
The process that stops bleeding.
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What are the three steps of hemostasis?
Vascular spasm, platelet plug formation, and coagulation.
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What happens during vascular spasm?
The damaged blood vessel constricts.
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How does a platelet plug form?
Platelets adhere to the damaged area, activate, and aggregate.
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What is coagulation?
The process that converts a platelet plug into a fibrin-reinforced clot.
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What are the two coagulation pathways?
Intrinsic and extrinsic pathways.
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What is the intrinsic coagulation pathway also called?
The contact activation pathway.
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Which factor begins the intrinsic pathway in the slides?
Factor XII.
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What is the extrinsic coagulation pathway also called?
The cell injury pathway.
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Which factor is associated with the extrinsic pathway in the slides?
Factor III.
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Which factor begins the common coagulation pathway?
Factor X.
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What does thrombin do?
Converts fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin.
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What is fibrin?
An insoluble protein polymer that forms a mesh in a blood clot.
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What is a thrombus?
A blood clot formed within a blood vessel.
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What is fibrinolysis?
The breakdown of a fibrin clot.
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What does plasmin do?
Breaks down fibrin.
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How is plasminogen activated?
Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) converts it into plasmin.
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What are the four functions of the respiratory system?
Gas exchange, pH regulation, protection, and vocalization.
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What drives bulk flow in the respiratory system?
Air moves from higher pressure to lower pressure.
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What creates pressure gradients for breathing?
The respiratory muscles acting as a muscular pump.
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What primarily affects resistance to airflow?
The diameter of the airways.
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What is ventilation?
Movement of air into and out of the lungs.
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What is respiration?
Gas exchange between the air, blood, and tissues.
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What are the three main purposes of the upper airways?
The slides do not specify all three purposes.
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What do Type I alveolar cells do?
Provide the thin surface for gas exchange.
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What do Type II alveolar cells do?
Synthesize surfactant.
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What do alveolar macrophages do?
Ingest foreign material in the alveoli.
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What is the purpose of airway mucus?
The slides identify mucus as part of airway protection but do not detail its formation.
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What is Fick's law used to describe?
The rate of diffusion across a surface.
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What is Boyle's law?
Pressure and volume are inversely related when temperature is constant.
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What is the Boyle's law equation?
\$P_1V_1 = P_2V_2\$
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What happens to gas pressure when volume decreases?
Pressure increases.
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What is Dalton's law?
The total pressure of a gas mixture equals the sum of its partial pressures.
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What is a respiratory cycle?
One complete inhalation and exhalation.
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What is tidal volume?
The volume of air moved during a normal breath.
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What is the difference between a lung volume and a lung capacity?
A capacity combines two or more lung volumes.
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What is a pneumothorax?
Air entering the pleural cavity, disrupting the pressure that keeps the lung inflated.
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What happens when the pleural cavity opens to the atmosphere?
Air enters and the lung collapses toward its unstretched size.
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What is surface tension?
The force created by attraction between liquid molecules lining the alveoli.
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What does surfactant do?
Reduces surface tension in the alveoli.
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Which alveolar cells produce surfactant?
Type II alveolar cells.
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What is the law of Laplace for an alveolus?
\$P = \frac\$
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According to Laplace's law, what happens to pressure in a smaller alveolus?
It is higher if surface tension is equal.
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How does surfactant help stabilize alveoli?
It reduces surface tension, especially in smaller alveoli.
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What is compliance?
The ability of the lungs to stretch.
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What does low lung compliance mean?
The lungs require more force to stretch.
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What is elastance?
The ability of the lungs to return to resting volume after stretching.
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What happens to airway resistance when airway diameter increases?
Resistance decreases.
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What happens during bronchoconstriction?
Airway diameter decreases and resistance increases.
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What happens during bronchodilation?
Airway diameter increases and resistance decreases.
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Which autonomic division promotes bronchoconstriction?
Parasympathetic.
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What promotes bronchodilation in the slides?
Sympathetic stimulation of beta-2 receptors by epinephrine.
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What is total pulmonary ventilation?
The volume of air moved in and out of the lungs per minute.
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How is total pulmonary ventilation calculated?
\$\text = TV \times RR\$
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What does RR represent in ventilation calculations?
Respiration rate.
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What is eupnea?
Normal, quiet breathing.
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What is hyperpnea?
Increased depth and/or rate of breathing in response to increased metabolic demand.
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What is hyperventilation?
Ventilation that exceeds the body's carbon dioxide production.
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What is hypoventilation?
Ventilation that is insufficient relative to the body's carbon dioxide production.
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What is tachypnea?
Abnormally rapid breathing.
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What is apnea?
Temporary cessation of breathing.
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What is dyspnea?
Difficult or uncomfortable breathing.
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What is COPD?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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What is a restrictive lung disease?
A disease that limits lung expansion.
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What is an obstructive lung disease?
A disease that limits airflow through the airways.
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What is the FEV1/FVC ratio?
The fraction of forced vital capacity exhaled in the first second.
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Why is the FEV1/FVC ratio clinically useful?
It helps distinguish obstructive from restrictive lung disease.
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How do local controls respond to underventilated alveoli?
They constrict nearby arterioles and divert blood to better-ventilated alveoli.
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What happens to alveolar oxygen when ventilation decreases?
Alveolar oxygen decreases.
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What happens to alveolar carbon dioxide when ventilation decreases?
Alveolar carbon dioxide increases.
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What are the three variables regulated by the cardiopulmonary systems?
The supplied slides do not specify the three variables in the available extracted text.
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What are the four types of hypoxia?
The supplied slides do not specify them in the available extracted text.
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What is partial pressure of oxygen (PO2)?
The pressure contributed by oxygen in a gas mixture.
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What is partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PCO2)?
The pressure contributed by carbon dioxide in a gas mixture.
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How is oxygen transported in the blood?
Primarily bound to hemoglobin.
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What part of hemoglobin binds oxygen?
The iron-containing heme groups.
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How many globin molecules make up hemoglobin?
Four.
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How many heme groups does hemoglobin contain?
Four.
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Which elements make up normal adult hemoglobin in the slides?
Two alpha and two beta globin molecules.
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What is the structure of a heme group?
A porphyrin ring with an iron atom at its center.
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Where does the iron used to make hemoglobin come from?
The diet.
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Which protein transports iron in the blood?
Transferrin.
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Where is excess iron stored?
In the liver as ferritin.
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What determines how much hemoglobin is bound to oxygen?
The oxygen partial pressure and factors that shift hemoglobin's oxygen-binding affinity.
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What is the oxygen-hemoglobin saturation curve?
A graph showing hemoglobin oxygen saturation at different oxygen partial pressures.
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What does a right shift of the oxygen-hemoglobin curve indicate?
Hemoglobin releases oxygen more readily.
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What does a left shift of the oxygen-hemoglobin curve indicate?
Hemoglobin holds oxygen more tightly.
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How is carbon dioxide transported in the blood?
The supplied extracted text does not specify the transport forms.
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