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Anatomy & Physiology: Respiratory, Blood, Heart, and Vessels Overview

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  • Major function of the respiratory system

    To facilitate gas exchange, supplying oxygen to the blood and removing carbon dioxide.
  • Four processes involved with respiration

    Pulmonary ventilation, external respiration, internal respiration, and transport of gases.
  • General functions of upper respiratory organs

    Filter, warm, and humidify air; includes nose, pharynx, and larynx.
  • General functions of lower respiratory organs

    Conduct air to lungs and facilitate gas exchange; includes trachea, bronchial tree, and lungs.
  • Composition of bronchial tree branches

    Bronchioles have smooth muscle and cuboidal epithelial cells.
  • Difference between conducting and respiratory zones

    Conducting zone moves air; respiratory zone contains alveoli where gas exchange occurs.
  • Significant features of alveoli

    Thin walls, large surface area, surrounded by capillaries for efficient gas exchange.
  • Function of pleurae

    Membranes that reduce friction and create pressure gradients for lung expansion.
  • Pulmonary ventilation stages

    Inhalation and exhalation involving volume changes that alter pressure to move air.
  • Gas law applying to pulmonary ventilation

    Boyle's law: pressure inversely varies with volume.
  • Effect of volume change on pressure in lungs

    Increasing lung volume decreases pressure, causing air to flow in; decreasing volume increases pressure, pushing air out.
  • Dalton's law in respiration

    Total pressure is the sum of partial pressures of individual gases.
  • Henry's law in respiration

    Gas solubility in liquid is proportional to its partial pressure.
  • External respiration influences

    Partial pressure gradients, gas solubility, membrane thickness, and surface area affect gas exchange.
  • Internal respiration influence

    Driven by partial pressure gradients between blood and tissues.
  • Oxygen transport in blood

    Mostly bound to hemoglobin in erythrocytes; some dissolved in plasma.
  • Partial pressure of oxygen locations

    High in lungs/alveoli; low in tissues.
  • Types of hypoxia

    Hypoxic, anemic, ischemic, and histotoxic hypoxia.
  • Factors changing oxygen-hemoglobin affinity

    pH, temperature, CO2 levels, and 2,3-BPG concentration.
  • Carbon dioxide transport methods

    Dissolved in plasma, bound to hemoglobin, and as bicarbonate ions.
  • Partial pressure of carbon dioxide locations

    High in tissues; low in lungs.
  • General functions of blood

    Transport, regulation, and protection.
  • Components of blood

    Plasma and formed elements (erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets).
  • Function of erythrocytes

    Transport oxygen and carbon dioxide.
  • Regulation of erythrocyte count

    Controlled by erythropoietin hormone based on oxygen levels.
  • General functions of leukocytes

    Immune defense and inflammation.
  • Phases of hemostasis

    Vascular spasm, platelet plug formation, and coagulation.
  • Agglutinogens and agglutinins

    Agglutinogens are blood group antigens; agglutinins are antibodies against them.
  • Rh factor and pregnancy

    Rh-negative mothers can develop antibodies against Rh-positive fetus, causing hemolytic disease.
  • Pulmonary vs systemic circuits

    Pulmonary circuit carries blood to lungs; systemic circuit carries blood to body tissues.
  • Heart structure basics

    Includes coverings, four chambers, and valves.
  • Pathway of blood through the heart

    Right atrium → right ventricle → lungs → left atrium → left ventricle → body.
  • Characteristics of cardiac muscle fibers

    Striated, branched, interconnected, with abundant mitochondria.
  • Sequence of cardiac excitation

    SA node → AV node → AV bundle → bundle branches → Purkinje fibers.
  • Phases of cardiac cycle

    Atrial systole, ventricular systole, and relaxation.
  • Tunics of blood vessels

    Tunica intima, tunica media, and tunica externa.
  • Characteristics of arteries

    Elastic, muscular, and arterioles with thick walls and high pressure.
  • Characteristics of capillaries

    Continuous, fenestrated, and sinusoidal types with varying permeability.
  • Mechanism of exchange in capillaries

    Diffusion, filtration, and osmosis influenced by hydrostatic and osmotic pressures.
  • Characteristics of veins

    Thinner walls, larger lumen, valves to prevent backflow.
  • Definition of pulse

    Rhythmic expansion of an artery due to heartbeats.
  • Meaning of blood pressure numbers

    Systolic pressure over diastolic pressure, indicating heart contraction and relaxation.
  • Factors influencing blood pressure

    Cardiac output, blood volume, resistance, and vessel elasticity.