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Animal Physiology #3
Exam #3
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Physiology
Undergraduate 4
10/12/2010

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smooth muscle vs. skeletal muscle
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smooth muscle is NOT striated, actin and myosina re dispersed randomly; not organized into myofibrils or sarcomeres, poor SR, NO troponin, excitation-contraction coupling is different
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pacemaker potential
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spontaneous gradual depolarization that leads to AP, cyclical changes in membrane permeability to ions, autonomic NS or hormones alter slope of pacemaker
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slow wave potential
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is spontaneous, wave of depolarization and repolarization, input from autonomic fibers or hormones brings on an AP, commonly seen in the gastrointestinal tract
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partial pressure gradient
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between alveolar air and pulmonary blood set the PO2 and PCO2 for arteriol blood
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At alveoli, O2 poor blood and O2 rich blood is at what mmHg?
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poor- 40mmHg, and rich- 100mmHg
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Change in PO2 causes...
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little change in %Hb saturation; safety plateau will give you almost 100% saturation every time
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steep slope in regards to Hb saturation
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results in sensitivity to small changes in tissue PO2
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metabolic factors
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decreasing the affinity will increase the O2 delivery
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transport of CO2
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down its conc. gradient out of the cells into the interstitial fluid and into the plasma
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in lungs how does CO2 diffuse?
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CO2 diffuses down PCO2 gradient and out of the plasma into alveolar air; excretion of CO2
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23% of Hb dissolves into blood
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one out of the three ways we will have to remember
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CO2
Definition
does NOT bind to heme group
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carbonic anhydrase
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an enzyme that is abundant in RBC, catalyzes in both directions
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