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The Respiratory System
FUNCTION:EXCHANGE GASES BETWEEN ATMOSPHERE AND BLOOD
REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIMARY RESPIRATORY ORGAN:
1.SEMIPERMEABILITY
2.GREAT SURFACE AREA
3.GOOD BLOOD SUPPLY
4.VENTILATION
FIVE PHASES OF RESPIRATION:
EXCHANGE O2 for CO2
1. VENTILATION ATMOSPHERE- ALVEOLI
2. EXT. RESP. ALVEOLI- BLOOD
3. CIRCULATION LUNGS - TISSUES
4. INT. RESP. BLOOD- CELLS
5. CELLULAR RESPIRATION
C6H12O6 + 602 ---> 6CO2 + 6H2O (ATP)
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF OXYGEN?
TO ACCEPT HYDROGEN AS GLUCOSE IS DEGRADED TO CARBON DIOXIDE
FUNCTIONALLY THERE IS A?
RESPIRATORY ZONE AND A CONDUCTING ZONE.
FUNCTION OF MOST PARTS OF THE SYSTEM IS SIMPLY TO SERVE AS
PASSAGEWAYS WHICH FILTER, WARM AND MOISTEN AIR.
NOSE:
NOSE:GUARDED BY HAIRS INCREASED SURFACE AREA BY THREE PAIRS OF CONCHAE.LINING HERE AND ON INTO LUNGS (EXCEPT FOR OROPHARYNX & LARYNGOPHARYNX) IS CILIATED MUCOUS MEMBRANE.
SINUSES OPEN INTO
NASAL CAVITY. THEY REDUCE WEIGHT OF SKULL AND GIVE RESONANCE TO VOICE
THREE SUBDIVISIONS OF THE PHARYNX ARE:
NASOPHARYNX, OROPHARYNX, LARYNGOPHARYX
LARYNX IS
VOICE BOX
LARYNX IS VOICE BOX.FOUR IMPORTANT CARTILAGES ARE -
THYROID - ADAM'S APPLE
EPIGLOTTIS - COVERS OPENING INTO LARYNX
CRICOID - SIGNET RING BASE
ARYTENOID – CONTROLS VOCAL FOLDS
Vocal Ligaments
Attach the arytenoid cartilages to the thyroid cartilage
True vocal cords
False vocal cords
TRACHEA
1 X 5 INCHES
ABOUT 20 C-SHAPED HYALINE CARTILAGES PREVENT COLLAPSE.
THE TRACHEAS CARTILAGE RING OPENS
ON BACK, NEXT TO ESOPHAGUS
GAS EXCHANGE IN THE LUNGS IS VIA
SIMPLE DIFFUSION ACROSS THE RESPIRATORY
MEMBRANE.
RESPIRATORY MEMBRANE IS TWO LAYERS OF
SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM.
Respiratory Zone
RESPIRATORY BRONCHIOLE, ALVEOLAR DUCT, ALVEOLI, ALVEOLAR SAC, ATRIUM, ALVEOLAR PORES
SURFACE TENSION WITHIN INTRAPLEURAL CAVITY AND PARTIAL VACUUM TEND TO
HOLD P.P. AND V.P. TOGETHER.
SURFACE TENSION WITHIN ALVEOLI AND ELASTICITY TEND TO
CAUSE COLLAPSE OF LUNGS.
COLLAPSE IS PREVENTED BY FACTORS
HOLDING V.P. TO P.P. AND BY SURFACTANT
TO UNDERSTAND BREATHING
UNDERSTAND BOYLE'S LAW.BOYLE'S LAW -- THERE IS AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VOLUME AND PRESSURE.
ONLY PARIETAL PLEURA IS MOVED DIRECTLY
BY RESPIRATORY MUSCLES
DURING INSPIRATION V.P. FOLLOWS P.P.
WHY?
COMPLIANCE
EASE WITH WHICH LUNGS CAN BE EXPANDED. Vol/Pressure= Compliance
RESPIRATORY AIR VOLUMES
ONLY 350 CC OF T.A. REACH ALVEOLI. THIS IS CALLED ALVEOLAR VENTILATION. 150 CC IN PASSAGEWAYS CALLED DEAD AIR. NON-RESPIRATORY AIR MOVEMENTS
Respiratory Membrane
SMOOTH MUSCLE, ALVEOLUS, CAPILLARIES, ELASTIC FIBERS
RESPIRATORY MEMBRANE - 2 CELLS THICK
ALVEOLAR WALL & CAPILLARY WALL
GASES DIFFUSE ACROSS THIS MEMBRANE
ACCORDING TO DALTON'S LAW OF PARTIAL PRESSURES -
EACH GAS IN A MIXTURE OF GASES DIFFUSES AS IF THERE WERE NO OTHER GASES. PARTIAL PRESSURE = TOTAL PRESSURE X %pO2
(ATM) = 760 mm Hg X 21% = 160 mm Hg
REMEMBER THAT EACH GAS MOVES DOWN ITS CONCENTRATION GRADIENT
Partial Pressure Gradients
SEE SLIDE 24
ALMOST ALL O2 IS TRANSPORTED ATTACHED TO
THE IRON OF HEMOGLOBIN.
EACH GM OF HB. CAN CARRY
19.5 ML OF O2.
NOTICE EFFECT OF
ANEMIA
CO POISONS BY
TYING UP THE HEMOGLOBIN.
CO2 IS CARRIED BY AMINO GROUPS
OF HEMOGLOBIN. BUT MORE IS CARRIED IN THE FORM OF THE BICARBONATE ION (HCO3-)
CO2 + H2O  H2CO3  H+ + HCO3-
REVIEW OXIDATION
C6H12O6 + 6O2  6CO2 + 6 H2O
HENRY'S LAW - WHEN A LIQUID IS EXPOSED TO A MIXED GAS, THE PARTIAL PRESSURE OF EACH GAS AT EQUILIBRIUM IS THE SAME IN THE LIQUID AS IN THE GAS.
THERE IS A 20:1 RATIO OF
HCO3- TO CO2 IN BLOOD.
pH OF ARTERIAL BLOOD -
7.45.
pH OF VENOUS BLOOD
7.35
O2 & CO2 DO NOT HAVE EXACT INVERSE RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE --
SOME CO2 LOST VIA KIDNEYS. FATS REQUIRE MORE O2. HAVE DIFFERENT SOLUBILITIES
COPD AFFECTS
PO2 MORE THAN DOES ANEMIA.
PULMONARY ARTERIES
CARRY VENOUS BLOOD.
PULMONARY VEINS
CARRY ARTERIAL BLOOD
Pathogenesis of COPD
SEE SLIDE 28
CONTROL OF BREATHING
MEDULLA AND PONS CONTROL INVOLUNTARY BREATHING.
VERY CONFUSING - BUT SIMPLIFIED ───> MEDULLA HAS INSPIRATORY (DRG) AND EXPIRATORY (VRG)CENTERS.
PONS HAS APNEUSTIC AND PNEUMOTAXIC
HERING-BREUR REFLEX
CONTROLS DEPTH AND RHYTHM OF BREATHING.
APNEUSTIC AND PNEUMOTAXIC CENTERS MODIFY
RHYTHM OF H-B
CO2, H+, AND O2
IN CAROTID AND AORTIC BODIES AND IN RESPIRATORY CENTERS ARE
STIMULI FOR CONTROL OF BREATHING
APNEA, EUPNEA, DYSPNEA, CHENE-STOKES.
BRIEF MENTION OF BREATHING DISORDERS-.
BRONCHIAL ASTHMA - HYPERSENSITIVITY.
EMPHYSEMA - LOSS OF ELASTICITY & SURFACE AREA. (HIGH CORRELATION WITH SMOKING)
LUNG CANCER - PRIMARY OR SECONDARY.(OVER 90% OF PRIMARY PATIENTS WERE SMOKERS)
INFLUENZA - VIRAL.
PNEUMONIA - INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN WHICH LUNGS FILL WITH FLUID.
TUBERCULOSIS - BACTERIAL DISEASE WHICH DESTROYS LUNG TISSUE.