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What is minute ventilation? How is it calculated? What is a normal value?
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*the amount of air inspired/exipired in one minute
*equal to tidal volume minus air trapped in physiological dead space times resp rate *(0.5L - 0.15L) x (12bpm) = 4.2L/min |
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What are the two general types of resistance to air flow?
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*airways resistance
*lung and chest wall compliance |
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What is lung compliance? How can it be calculated from a graph of volume vs. pressure?
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*CPL is the ease with which the lung changes volume per unit pressure
*CPL would be the slope of this graph |
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How does compliance vary during inspiration?
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CPL decreases during inspiration, becoming less compliant as maximum inspiratory capacity is approached.
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How does elastic recoil of the lung work? In other words, what processes does this assist and which are hindered by it?
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Elastic recoil assists in deflation and works against inflation.
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T/F:
An air-inflated lung has higher compliance during inspiration as compared to expiration. |
True.
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What two factors are the primary determinants of lung compliance?
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*elastic recoil
*surface tension |
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Why does inflation of an isolated lung with saline show higher compliance than one inflated with air?
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Because in the saline-filled lung there is no surface tension.
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How is surface tension created?
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At the interface between two phases, molecules of one phase are unable to H-bond with molecules of the other phase - this creates a force on the surface.
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How can surface tension be calculated? In which direction is this tension exerted?
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*LaPlace equation: P = 2T/r
*the tension is directed inside - to collapse the alveoli |
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What are the two means of counteracting surface tension in the human lung?
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*surfactant
*alveolar interdependence |
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How does surfactant work? What does it consist of?
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*provides a layer of amphipathic molecules that can H-bond with both phases
*phosphotidylcholine and proteins |
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How does surfactant lessen surface tension during expiration?
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*compression of the alveoli leads to an increase in the density of surfactant
*the more dense surfactant has less surface tension *collapse is opposed |
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What is the primary cause of infant respiratory distress syndrome?
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Immature type II alveolar cells do not produce enough surfactant leading to alveolar collapse.
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How does alveolar interdependence oppose alveolar collapse?
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*the walls of the alveoli are interconnected
*as any one gets smaller this stabilizes adjacent alveoli |
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How does lung compliance change in emphysema and fibrosis?
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*emphysema leads to increased compliance
*fibrosis leads to decreased compliance |
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How can chest wall compliance be calculated? How is it affected by obesity?
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*1/CPL(tot) = 1/CPL(lung) + 1/CPL(wall)
*obesity decreases chest wall compliance |
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What is airway pressure at mechanical equilibrium?
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Zero
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What occurs at mechanical equilibrium?
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*the tendency of the ribs to spring out is balance by the tendency of the lung to collapse
*i.e. lung compliance is balanced by chest wall compliance |
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Describe the energy transfer between the chest wall and lung during inspiration.
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*the chest wall moves to its preferred position and transfers energy to the lungs
*the lungs are moved away from their preferred position and thus require energy released from the chest wall |
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Describe the transfer of energy between the chest wall and the lungs during exhalation.
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*lungs move from a position of high energy to one of low energy and transfer the difference to the chest wall
*the chest wall moves from a position of low energy to one of high energy and require energy |
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What lung volume defines total system equilibrium?
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FRC
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In normal patients, what percentage of the O2 taken in is used to power the work of respiration? How does this change during heavy exertion of exercise?
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*5% of O2 taken in is used to power tidal breathing
*this can increase to as high as 30% during heavy exertion |