Respiratory System — Flashcards

Most potent stimulus for central chemoreceptor in CSF is _____ levels

HFNC _____ the nasopharyngeal dead space

Work done in quiet breathing is _____ kg-m/min

Smoking causes _____ to the sensitivity of the chemoreceptors.

Hering-Breuer reflexes are mediated by _____ adapting pulmonary stretch receptors and the impulses travel in the vagus nerve via large myelinated fibers.

Type _____, also called as periop. respiratory failure, is because of lung atelectasis

The rate of inspiration is controlled by the _____ center.

The ventral respiratory group contributes to the extra respiratory drive (_____ mechanism)

The primary function of the larynx is _____

Most potent stimulus for central chemoreceptor in blood is _____ levels