Respiratory — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: How does hyperventilation affect ICP?

Answer: low PCO2 leads to less cerebral blood flow, reducing ICP

Flashcard 2: In what situations is hyperventilation therapuetic?

Answer: increased ICP

Flashcard 3: What type of cytoskeletal element is most associated with flagella?

Answer: microtubules

Flashcard 4: What type of cytoskeletal element is most associated with cilia?

Answer: microtubules

Flashcard 5: Explain the substructure of cilia.

Answer: 9 microtubule doublets + 2 solitary microtubules (9+2 arrangement) with dyenin arms that link peripheral doublets

Flashcard 6: The + end of a microtubule usually points toward?

Answer: exterior of cell

Flashcard 7: The smooth muscle of the conducting airways of the lung _____ in response to parasympathetic activation of muscarinic receptors

Answer: constrict

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Flashcard 8: When the diaphragm contracts, the abdominal contents are pushed _____

Answer: downwards

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Flashcard 9: Peripheral chemoreceptors are stimulated by increased _____

Answer: Paco2

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Flashcard 10: Restrictive lung diseases are characterized by a(n) _____ residual volume and functional residual capacity

Answer: decreased

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