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Pulmonary circulation- 1/14/2013- CJ

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Pulmonary circulation is used to   Transport deoxygenated hypercarbic blood to the lungs and to transport oxygenated blood to the left ventricle  
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The pulmonary circulation receive what percent of cardiac output   100%! (5L/min)  
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Flow of blood leaving heart into pulmonary circulation   Pulmonary artery- Branch with airways- Mesh of capillaries at respiratory bronchioles- Pulmonary venules- Pulmonary veins  
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Pulmonary circulation flow is (high/low)   High  
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Pulmonary circulation pressure is (high/low)   Low  
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Normal pulmonary flow value   5 L/min  
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Normal pulmonary pressure value   15 mmHg  
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Walls of the pulmonary arteries contain little smooth muscle because   They do not need to redirect blood, only distribute it to produce a thin film  
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The work required by the right ventricle is   Low  
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Pulmonary capillaries are exposed to alveolar pressure which can cause capillaries to be __ or__   Distended or compressed  
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When the alveolar pressure is greater than the internal capillary pressure, the capillary is   Compressed  
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When alveolar pressure is less than internal capillary pressure, the capillary is   Distended  
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Inspiration does what to the pulmonary arteries and veins (extra-alveolar vessels)   Pulls them open ("Radial traction")  
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Extra-alveolar vessel diameter is determined by   Lung volume  
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Define Caliber   Diameter of vessel  
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Alveolar vessel caliber is determined by   Balance between internal and alveolar pressures  
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Pulmonary resistance is calculated as   1/10th of the systemic vascular resistance  
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Pulmonary resistance equation   (Pressure in pulmonary artery-Pressure in left atrium)/ Flow  
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Pulmonary vascular resistance decreases with and increase in   Arterial or venous pressure  
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An increase in cardiac output does what to Pulmonary arterial pressure   Increases  
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An increase in cardiac output does what to pulmonary vascular resistance?   Decreases  
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An increase in pulmonary pressure does what do pulmonary vascular resistance   Decreases **THIS IS AN EXCEPTION TO OHMS LAW***  
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If cardiac output decreases, pulmonary pressure decreases and pulmonary resistance ___   Increases  
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What is the explanation for reduced pulmonary vascular resistance with an increase in pulmonary pressure?   Recruitment and distention of capillaries  
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Explain the concept of "recruitment and distension"   Normally, not all capillaries are open and conductive to blood. When the Pulmonary pressure increases, capillaries become distended and more capillaries are recruited for use  
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Extra-aveolar vessles include   Pulmonary veins and arteries  
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Pulmonary vascular resistance increases at _____ lung volumes   Low and high  
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What causes high resistance at residual volume   At RV, there is no compression of pulmonary capillaries by alveolar pressure but little radial traction and smooth muscle/elastin in extra-alveolar vessels keeps caliber low so the resistance is high  
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What causes high resistance at total lung capacity   Extra-alveolar vessels are stretched open by traction but pulmonary capillaries are narrowed by alveolar pressure so the resistance is high  
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Explain why pulmonary vascular resistance is lowest at functional residual capacity? (when lungs are "medium")   Radial traction to open extra-alveolar vessels is present but not enough to compress the pulmonary capillaries  
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Pulmonary blood from is the greatest at the   Lung base  
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The difference in pulmonary blood from from top to bottom is due to   Gravity and hydrostatic pressure  
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The pulmonary arterior pressure is greatest at the   Base of the lung  
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Blood flow increases from __ to ___   Apex to base  
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Hydrostatic pressure in the apex of the lung causes capillaries to be   Compressed  
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Hydrostatic pressure in the base of the lung causes capillaries to be   Distended  
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Pulmonary vasoconstriction occurs in   Hypoxia  
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As the Po2 decreases, blood flow __ because of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction   Decreases  
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___ channels in the smooth muscle close and cause depolarization and in increase in vascular tone   Oxygen sensitive potassium channels  
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After Potassium channels close, depolarization causes ___ channels to open which increase tone and decrease blood flow   Calcium  
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Hypoxic vasoconstriction directs blood away from   Under-ventilated areas  
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When can hypoxic vasoconstriction be dangerous?   When the whole lung is hypoxic  
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Explain what happens when the whole lung becomes hypoxic   Vasoconstriction occurs in all of the pulmonary vessels which causes blood to back up into the pulmonary arteries. This causes hypertension which leads to pulmonary edema and eventually to right side heart failure  
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Name two situations that would make hypoxic vasoconstriction dangerous   COPD and high altitude  
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Water in the alveoli does what to surface tension   Increases  
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Water in the alveoli does what to compliance   Decreases  
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Water in the aveoli does what for the diffusion pathway for oxygen?   Increases  
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Which forces act to keep water IN the capillaries?   Net colloid osmotic pressure and alveolar pressure  
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Which forces act to push water OUT of the capillaries?   Net hydrostatic pressure and surface tension (which is an attractive force between water molecules and the capillary walls)  
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Fluids that leak out of capillaries enter the intersitum and drain through the   Lymph channels in the perivascular space  
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If lymphatics are engorged or blocked, fluid enters the   Alveoli and creates edema  
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Early edema is due to   The engorgement of the interstitial space  
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Late edema is due to   Fluid in the alveoli  
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Causes of pulmonary hypertension   Increased left atrial pressure, increased pulmonary blood flow, and increased pulmonary vascular resistance  
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Changes in starling forcecs or pulmonary capillary permeability can cause   Interstitial and alveolar edema in the lungs  
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A blood clot in the lungs will do what to Dead space and overall pulmonary resistance?   Increase both  
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