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37 Cards in this Set
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Primary function of: Hemoglobin |
Binds to O2 |
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Primary function of:
RBC |
Carries O2 and nutrients to tissues; removes CO2 |
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Primary function of:
Surfactant |
Lubricates alveoli; reduces surface tension in alveoli |
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Primary function of:
Type II cells |
Make surfactant |
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Primary function of:
The design of the concha |
To create turbulent flow to help the body filter |
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Primary function of:
Cillia |
Keeps debris out of upper airway |
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Primary function of:
Mast cells |
Break open during allergic reaction to release histamine and illicit infmammatory response |
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Primary function of:
Pores of kohn |
Allow things to move between the adjacent alveoli, holes between |
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Primary function of:
Parietal pleura |
Attached to chest wall |
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Primary function of:
Visceral Pleura |
Attached to lung |
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Fick's Law |
Thickness & diffusion |
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poiseuille's Law |
Diameter and pressure |
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Boyle's Law |
Pressure & Volume |
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Dalton's Law |
Partial pressures |
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Charles' Law |
Gas expands when heated |
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Henry's Law |
Solubility |
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La Place's Law |
Surface tension |
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Know your terms: Orthopenea |
Can't breath supine |
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Apnea |
No breathing |
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Hilum |
Opening into the lung through with blood vessels, veins, arteries and nutrients enter |
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Interstitium |
Space between the alveoli and blood cappilaries |
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Dynamic |
With air movement |
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Static |
Without air movement |
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Volatile Acid |
Regulated by the lungs |
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Fixed acid |
Regulated by the kidneys |
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Hypoxia |
Low O2 at the tissues |
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Hypoxemia |
Low O2 in the blood |
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Cyanosis |
Blue tint due to low O2 |
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What shifts dissociation curve to the right |
⬇ pH ⬆ PaCO2 ⬆ Temp ⬆ DPG |
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What shifts the dissociation cure to the left |
⬆ pH ⬇ PaCO2 ⬇ Temp ⬇ DPG |
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Left shift dissociation curve corresponds to increase/ decrease affinity |
Increase |
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Right shift dissociation curve corresponds to increase/ decrease affinity
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Decrease |
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Peripheral chemoreceptors sensitive to |
O2 |
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Central chemoreceptors are sensitive to |
CO2 |
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Major muscles of breathing |
Diaphragm |
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How is O2 carried in the body (2 ways) |
4 on the hemoglobin molecule Dissolved in the plasma |
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How is CO2 carried |
CO2 combines with H2O at the RBC site starting chemical reaction creating bicarbonate and H ions which are transferred to the lungs and converted back to CO2 |
