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Undergraduate 3
07/20/2009

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1.What are the functions of the respiratory system?
Definition
Gas exchange, acid/base balance, protection, voice production
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2.What is the term for the movement of air into and out of the lungs?
Definition
Pulmonary ventilation
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3.What type of respiration is the gas exchange between the lungs and the blood?
Definition
External respiration
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4.What type of respiration is the gas exchange between the blood and body cells?
Definition
Internal respiration
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5.What type of respiration is the production of ATP from oxygen and nutrients?
Definition
Aerobic cellular respiration
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6.What is the term for normal quiet breathing at rest?
Definition
Eupnea
Term
7.How many breaths per minute is eupnea?
Definition
12-16 breaths/min
Term
9.What is the term for an increased VENTILATION that meets metabolic needs?
Definition
Hyperpnea
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12. What is the term for overly slow VENTILATION while still meeting metabolic needs?
Definition
Hypopnea
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13. What is the term for decreased VENTILATION that is below metabolic needs?
Definition
Hypoventilate
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14. What is the term for labored breathing?
Definition
Dyspnea
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15. What is the term for cessation breathing?
Definition
Apnea
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16. What airways are part of the conducting zone?
Definition
Nares, nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, terminal bronchioles
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17. What airways are part of the respiratory zone?
Definition
Respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs
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18. What does the tone of smooth muscle in the conducting zone control?
Definition
Amount of airflow into and out of the lungs
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21. What warms and humidifies inhaled air in the conduction zone?
Definition
The ton of blood vessels in the mucous membrane
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22. What 4 things filter and protect the respiratory tract from particulates?
Definition
Nose hairs, mucus, bronchoconstriction, and the mucociliary escalator
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23. What is the function of mucus?
Definition
To trap the large and small particles
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24. In the mucociliary escalator, what produces the mucus?
Definition
Goblet cells
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26. What does cigarette smoking do to the mucociliary escalator?
Definition
Paralyzes the cilia on the epithelial cells
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27. What does cystic fibrosis do to the mucociliary escalator?
Definition
Mucus produced is thickerâ more difficult for cilia to move, frequent respiratory infections
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28. Which zone in the respiratory system is the sole site of gas exchange?
Definition
Respiratory zone
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29. What is the average volume of exchange that can be held in the alveoli?
Definition
about 3,000 ml per lung (total lung capacity - TLC is about 6,000 ml)
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30. What is the term for the volume of air within the conducting zone where there is no gas exchange?
Definition
Anatomical dead space
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31. What is the term for the area of the lung where there is no gas exchange due to disfunctional alveoli (lack of blood supply or damage to alveoli)?
Definition
Alveolar dead space
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32. What is a combination of the anatomical and alveolar dead space?
Definition
Physiological dead space
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33. In a healthy individual, what will the physiological dead space be equal to?
Definition
The anatomical dead space
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34. What carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs from the heart?
Definition
Pulmonary arteries
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35. What carries oxygenated blood back to the heart from the lungs?
Definition
Pulmonary veins
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36. What surrounds the alveoli and participates in gas exchange with the alveoli?
Definition
Pulmonary capillaries
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37. What is the term for the measure of ease with which a structure expands?
Definition
Compliance
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38. Elastic fibers that line the airways and alveoli are responsible for what two things?
Definition
Lung compliance and recoil of the lungs
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40. If you increase the amount of pressure exerted on the lungs by the air, will compliance increase or decrease?
Definition
Decrease (compliance = difference in volume/difference in pressure )
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41. What is the normal value of compliance for the lung?
Definition
.13 L/cm. H2O
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42. What does it mean if lung compliance is too high?
Definition
The lung has lost elasticity / elastance/recoil of lungs decreases
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43. What does it mean if lung compliance is too low?
Definition
The lung has become too stiff / elastance increaes
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44. Normal lung compliance is dependent on what phospholipid?
Definition
Pulmonary surfactant
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45. What law takes surface tension and the radius of the alveoli into account to determine the collapsing pressure of the alveoli?
Definition
LaPlace's Law
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46. If you increase the surface tension in the alveoli, what happens to the pressure needed to keep the alveoli open?
Definition
It increases
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47. If you increase the radius of the alveoli, what happens to the pressure needed to keep the alveoli open?
Definition
It decreases
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48. What reduces surface tension in the alveoli?
Definition
Surfactant
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49. If the collapsing pressure of an alveoli is low, is it easier or harder for the alveoli to remain open?
Definition
Easier
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50. What is the term for collapsing alveoli?
Definition
Atelectasis
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51. Do larger or smaller alveoli tend to collapse?
Definition
Smaller alveoli
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53. What is a major respiratory concern for infants born prematurely?
Definition
Their lungs are not fully developed - can't produce surfactant - high surface tension - high collapsing pressure - lungs can't stay inflated on their own
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54. When you have surfactant, the surface tension is so low, does a difference in the radius of alveoli really matter?
Definition
No
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55. What can be measured with spirometry?
Definition
Lung volumes, capacities, and air flow
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57. What is an average tidal volume?
Definition
500 ml
Term
59. What is the average inspiratory reserve volume?
Definition
3,000 - 3,300 ml
Term
60. What is the term for the volume of air that can be expired beyond normal expiration (like if you got punched in the stomach)?
Definition
Expiratory reserve volume (ERV)
Term
61.What is the average expiratory reserve volume?
Definition
1,000 - 1,200 ml
Term
62. Not all the air in the lungs can be expired, what is the term for the volume of air remaining in the lungs after a forced expiration?
Definition
Residual volume (RV)
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63. What is the average residual volume?
Definition
About 1,200 ml
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64. Can residual volume be measured with a spirometer?
Definition
No
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65. What is the term for the volume of air in the lungs after a maximal inspiration?
Definition
Total lung capacity (TLC)
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66. What lung volumes add up to equal the TLC?
Definition
VT+IRV+ERV+RV
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67. What is the average total lung capacity (TLC)?
Definition
5,700 - 6,200 ml
Term
68. What is the term for the volume of air that can be forcefully expired from the lungs after a maximal inspiration?
Definition
Vital capacity (VC)
Term
69. What lung volumes add up to equal vital capacity?
Definition
TV+IRV + ERV
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70. What is the average vital capacity?
Definition
4,500 - 5,000 ml
Term
72. What adds up to equal the functional residual capacity?
Definition
ERV+RV
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73. What is the average functional residual capacity?
Definition
2,200 - 2,400 ml
Term
75. What adds up to equal inspiratory capacity?
Definition
TV+IRV
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76. What is the average inspiratory capacity?
Definition
3,500 - 3,800 ml
Term
77. What can affect a person's lung volumes and capacities?
Definition
Age, sex, body size, physical condition
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78. When measuring the rate of air flow, what is the same as the vital capacity(amount of air forcefully expired after a maximal inspiration)?
Definition
FVC - normal is about 5,000 ml
Term
79. When measuring the rate of air flow, what is the term for the volume of air forcefully expired during the first second?
Definition
FEV1 - normal is 3,500 - 4,000 ml
Term
80. If you take the FEV1 and divide by the FVC then multiply by 100, you get a percentage - what is the normal % of FEV1/FVC?
Definition
70-80%
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81. What does it mean if someone has a FEV1/FVC less than 70%?
Definition
lungs have an OBSTRUCTION
Term
82. What does it mean if someone has a FEV1?FVC greater than 80%?
Definition
lungs have a RESTRICTION
Term
83. What law takes into account the pressure outside and inside the lungs and the radius of the airways to determine whether air flows into/out of lungs, direction of air flow, and amount of air flow?
Definition
Poiseuille's Law
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84. If the pressure outside the lungs is greater than the pressure inside the lungs, do we inhale or exhale?
Definition
Inhale
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85. If the pressure inside the lungs is greater than the pressure outside the lungs, do we inhale or exhale?
Definition
Exhale
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86. If the pressure outside the lungs is equal to the pressure inside the lungs, does air flow?
Definition
No
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87. When the difference in pressure between the inside and outside of the lungs increases, what also increases?
Definition
The amount of air flow
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88. Increasing the radius of the airways (dilating bronchioles) does what to the resistance and what to the air flow?
Definition
Increases air flow and decreases resistance
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89. Changing the radius of the airways 2 fold will change the air flow _______ fold.
Definition
16 (same as radius of blood vessels and flow of blood) - same law
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90. What is the term for the volume of air moved in or out of the lungs per minute?
Definition
Minute ventilation (TV x RR)
Term
91. What is the average minute ventilation?
Definition
(500 ml/breath) x (12 breaths/min) = 6,000 ml/min
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92. What is the term for the amount of air available for gas exchange per min?
Definition
Alveolar ventilation (TV - dead space) x RR
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93. What is the average alveolar ventilation? (Assuming a 150lb person)
Definition
(500 ml/breath - 150 ml/breath) x (12 breaths/min) = 4,200 ml/min
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94. The most efficient way to increase alveolar ventilation is to increase tidal volume or respiratory rate?
Definition
Tidal volume
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