Respiratory adaptations during exercise — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Peripheral chemoreceptors are stimulated by increased _____

Answer: Paco2

Flashcard 2: Peripheral chemoreceptors ALSO respond to increases in _____

Answer: Pco2

Flashcard 3: In exercise, blood flows faster through the pulmonary capillaries, resulting in it taking a _____ time for capillary O2 concentration to maximize (shorter or longer)?

Answer: longer

Flashcard 4: Increased ventilation (e.g. high altitude) causes _____ Paco2

Answer: decreased

Flashcard 5: Lung _____ describes the change in lung volume for a given change in lung pressure

Answer: compliance

Flashcard 6: Lung compliance may be calculated by the equation C = _____

Answer: V/P

Flashcard 7: The dorsal respiratory group sends its motor output to the diaphragm via the _____ nerve

Answer: phrenic

Flashcard 8: What kind of nerves carry inputs to the cerebellum?

Answer: climbing and mossy fibers

Flashcard 9: coordination of extremities

Answer: lateral cerebellum

Flashcard 10: Aδ type free nerve ending

Answer: myelinated, fast conduction

Extra: skin, viscerapain, temperature