RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Reading Assignment:
Widmaier,
pp. 477-516.
Objectives:
After reviewing your lecture notes and reading assignment, you should be able to:
1. Differentiate between cellular respiration and pulmonary ventilation.
Lecture -- 11/18
Text -- pg. 477
Figure --
13-6
Notes
2. Compare and contrast the respiratory structures of aquatic and terrestrial
vertebrates.
Lecture -- 11/18
3. Describe the anatomy of the respiratory system.
Lecture -- 11/18
Text -- pp. 478-480
Figures --
13-1,
13-2,
13-3
Respiratory
Conducting System
Anatomy
of the Respiratory System (quiz yourself)
Structure
of Alveoli (quiz yourself)
4. List four functions of the conducting system.
Lecture -- 11/18
Text -- pp.
478-479
Table --
13-2
Notes
5. Describe the pressure changes occurring in the intrapleural space and alveoli
during inspiration and expiration.
Lecture -- 11/28
Text -- pp. 480-488
Figures --
13-5,
13-7,
13-12, 13-13,
13-14,
13-15
6. Define lung compliance and describe the importance of pulmonary surfactant.
Lecture -- 11/28
Text -- pp.
488-489
Figures --
13-16
Pressure-Volume
Relationships during Inspiration and Expiration
Notes
7. Discuss airway resistance and the autonomic control of airway diameter.
Lecture/Lab --
11/28-11/30
Text -- pg.
490
Notes
8. Define and be able to measure and/or
calculate the following pulmonary
function
values:
| a. Tidal volume. | i. Inspiratory capacity. |
| b. Respiratory rate. | j. Functional residual capacity. |
| c. Minute ventilation. | k. Vital capacity. |
| d. Dead space. | l. Total lung capacity. |
| e. Alveolar ventilation. | m. Forced expired volume in |
| f. Inspiratory reserve volume. | one second (FEV1). |
| g. Expiratory reserve volume. | n. Peak expiratory flow. |
| h. Residual volume. |
Lecture/Lab -- 11/28-11/30
Text -- pp. 491-494
Figure --
13-19
Table --
13-5
Notes
Lung
Volumes and Capacities
Pulmonary
Function Testing: Worksheet
9. Describe the process of gas exchange in the lungs and tissues.
Lecture -- 11/30
Text -- pp.
479-480, 498-500
Figures --
13-4,
13-21
10. Describe the partial pressures of oxygen
and carbon dioxide in different parts of
the cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
Lecture -- 11/30
Text -- pp. 495-98
Figure --
13-22
Table --
13-7
Partial
Pressure Concepts
11. Describe the role of hemoglobin in the transport of oxygen in blood.
Lecture -- 11/30
Text -- pp. 500-504
Figures --
13-27,
13-29
12. Differentiate between hypoxia from inadequate ventilation
and carbon monoxide
poisoning.
Lecture -- 11/30
Text -- pp.
504, 514-515
13. Describe the transport of carbon dioxide in blood.
Lecture -- 11/30
Text -- pp. 505-506
Figure --
13-31
14. Describe the control of breathing, with particular emphasis
on the control of
arterial
blood Po2, Pco2, and pH.
Lecture -- 11/30
Text -- pp. 507-511
Figures --
13-33,
13-35,
13-37,
13-40
Table --
13-10
Respiratory
Control Mechanisms
15. List five factors that stimulate breathing.
Lecture --
12/02
Text -- pp. 508-513
Figure --
13-34,
13-36,
13-38,
13-41
Notes
16. Discuss the physiological basis of
the following disorders:
a. Cystic fibrosis.
Lecture -- 11/18. Text -- pg. 479
b. Pneumothorax.
Lecture -- 11/28. Text -- pg. 485
c. Pulmonary fibrosis.
Lecture/Lab -- 11/28-11/30. Text -- pg. 499
d. Respiratory distress syndrome.
Lecture -- 11/29. Text -- pg. 489
e. Asthma.
Lecture/Lab -- 11/28-11/30. Text -- pg. 490.
Figure
f.
Emphysema. Lab -- 11/29, 11/30. Text -- pp. 515-516
Review Questions:
Pp. 521-522, #1-3, 6, 8-13, 15-19, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 34, 36, 38, 39.
Test Questions:
Pp. 522-523, #2-4, 7, 10.
Thought Questions:
Pg. 523, #2-4, 12.
Updated 12/01/05