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Undergraduate 3
07/21/2009

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1.In the ideal gas law, pressure gradients are created by _______?
Definition
changes in volumes
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2.In the ideal gas law, an increase in volume causes what to happen to pressure?
Definition
Decrease
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3.In the ideal gas law, a decrease in volume causes what to happen to pressure?
Definition
Increase
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4.What P is the atmospheric air pressure outside the body?
Definition
Barometric air pressure
Term
5.What P is the pressure inside an alveolus?
Definition
Alveolar pressure
Term
6.What P is the pressure in the pleural cavity?
Definition
Pleural pressure
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7.Pleural pressure is due to a combination of what?
Definition
Lung recoil and chest wall expansion
Term
9.At the end of expiration, what is the relationship between P-b and P-alv?
Definition
They are both 0 – no movement of air
Term
10. At the end of expiration, what is the relationship between P-alv and P-pl?
Definition
P-alv is greater than P-pl (P-pl is -5 cm H2O)
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11. During inspiration, what is the relationship between P-alv and P-pl?
Definition
P-pl decreases further (-8 cm H2O) and alveoli inflate
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12. During inspiration, what is the relationship between P-alv and P-b?
Definition
P-alv becomes less than P-b, (-1 cm H2O) and air goes into lung down P gradient
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13. During inspiration, air filling the alveoli causes what to happen to P-alv?
Definition
Causes P-alv to increase toward 0
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14. At the end of inspiration, what is the relationship between P-alv and P-pl?
Definition
P-pl is still less than P-alv (-8 cm H2O)
Term
15. At the end of inspiration, what is the relationship between P-alv and P-b?
Definition
P-alv is equal to P-b, they are both 0, so no air flow
Term
16. During expiration, what is the relationship between P-alv and P-pl?
Definition
P-pl is still less than P-alv but P-pl does increase toward (-5 cm H2O), this will decrease alveolar volume
Term
17. During expiration, what is the relationship between P-alv and P-b?
Definition
P-alv becomes greater than P-b (+1 cm H2O) air flows out of lung down P gradient
Term
18. During expiration, air leaving the alveoli causes what to happen to P-alv?
Definition
P-alv decreases back toward 0, becomes 0 at the end of expiration
Term
19. What causes a pneumothorax (lungs collapse)?
Definition
When P-pl becomes greater than P-alv
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20. What is it called when P-alv is equal to P-pl?
Definition
Simple pneumothorax
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21. What is it called when P-alv is less than P-pl?
Definition
Tension pneumothorax
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22. What type of pneumothorax causes so much pressure to build up in the pleural cavity that it pushes on other structures like the heart and becomes an emergency situation?
Definition
Tension pneumothorax
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23. What % of dry air is nitrogen?
Definition
79%
Term
24. What % of dry air is oxygen?
Definition
21%
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25. If the atmospheric pressure is 760 mm Hg, what is the partial pressure of oxygen?
Definition
160 mm Hg
Term
26. If the atmospheric pressure is 760 mm Hg, what is the partial pressure of nitrogen?
Definition
600 mm Hg
Term
27. What happens to the atmospheric pressure at higher altitudes?
Definition
It decreases
Term
28. What happens to the atmospheric pressure as you go under water?
Definition
It increases the deeper you go
Term
29. What is the partial pressure exerted by gaseous water molecules when they evaporate?
Definition
Water vapor pressure
Term
30. What is the P-H2O?
Definition
47 mm Hg
Term
31. The P-H2O remains constant as long as what else remains constant?
Definition
Temperature
Term
32. In the body, does P-H2O have to be subtracted from total pressure?
Definition
Yes, it must!
Term
33. The concentration of a dissolved gas in a liquid is proportional to what?
Definition
Its partial pressure
Term
34. If a gas does not dissolve in a liquid, does it exert a pressure in that liquid?
Definition
No
Term
35. Which dissolves in liquid easier, CO2 or O2?
Definition
CO2
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36. CO2 is how many times as soluble as O2 in blood?
Definition
25 times more soluble
Term
37. If the P-O2 in the air is 160 mm Hg, what is the P-O2 in the conducting zone?
Definition
about 150 mm Hg
Term
38. What is the P-O2 in the alveoli?
Definition
104 mm Hg
Term
39. What is the P-O2 in the pulmonary arterioles?
Definition
40 mm Hg
Term
40. Since the P-O2 in pulmonary arterioles is less than the P-O2 in the alveoli, which way is oxygen going to diffuse?
Definition
out of the alveoli and into the blood
Term
41. What is the P-O2 in the pulmonary veins?
Definition
104 mm Hg
Term
42. What is the P-O2 of blood in the left side of the heart?
Definition
95 mm Hg
Term
43. Why is the P-O2 of the blood in the left side of the heart less than the P-O2 of blood in the pulmonary veins?
Definition
because of the physiologic shunt (some bronchial veins draining into pulmonary veins and because of thebesian veins)
Term
44. If P-O2 is 95 mm Hg in arterial blood, what is the P-O2 in the interstitial space of body tissues?
Definition
40 mm Hg
Term
45. If the P-O2 is less in the interstitial space compared to the P-O2 in arterial blood, which way is oxygen going to diffuse?
Definition
from arterial blood into interstitial space
Term
46. What is the P-O2 in body tissues?
Definition
20 mm Hg (gradient for oxygen will cause O2 to flow from interstitial space into tissue cells)
Term
47. Now that some oxygen has left the capillaries, what is the P-O2 in venous blood?
Definition
40 mm Hg - same as the arteriole end of pulmonary capillary
Term
48. What is the P-CO2 in tissue cells?
Definition
46 mm Hg
Term
49. What is the P-CO2 in the interstitial space?
Definition
45 mm Hg
Term
50. Since the P-CO2 in the body tissues is greater than P-CO2 in the interstitial space, which way is carbon dioxide going to diffuse?
Definition
from the body tissues into interstitial space
Term
51. Since the P-CO2 in the interstitial space (45 mm Hg) is greater than the P-CO2 in the arteriole end of capillary (40 mm Hg), which way is CO2 going to diffuse?
Definition
from the interstitial space into blood
Term
52. What is the P-CO2 in venous blood?
Definition
45 mm Hg
Term
53. Since the P-CO2 in arteriole end of pulmonary capillary (45 mm Hg) is greater than the P-CO2 in the alveoli (40 mm Hg), which way is CO2 going to diffuse?
Definition
from the blood into the alveoli
Term
54. Since some carbon dioxide has left the blood, what is the new P-CO2 in the venous end of the pulmonary capillary?
Definition
40 mm Hg - same as arteriole end of capillary in tissues
Term
55. If you were lying down, would you have equal blood flow and ventilation throughout the lung?
Definition
yes
Term
56. If you are standing up, where would you have decreased blood flow and ventilation?
Definition
at the apex of the lung
Term
57. If you are standing up, where would you have increased blood flow and ventilation?
Definition
at the base of the lung
Term
58. What has the greatest effect on perfusion?
Definition
level of oxygen in the alveoli (low O2 in alveoli, arterioles constrict, decreased blood flow)
Term
59. Why would the arterioles constrict if there is a low level of O2 in the alveoli?
Definition
body does not want to perfuse a poorly ventilated area of the lung
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