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| loss of elastic tissue>>decreased elastance and increased compliance>>alveoli are easy to open, but they can't recoil>>air gets trapped in the lungs>>air can't be pushed out all the way |
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| if someone has an obstructive disease, what do they have trouble with? |
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| COPD, Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema |
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| what disease causes cor pulmonale? |
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| IRDS babies: describe elastance and compliance |
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| very high elastance and very low compliance, so they have trouble inspiring |
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| cyanosis with hyperinflated chest bc expiration is more difficult |
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| name 2 diseases with restrictive respiratory dysfunction |
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| well oxygenated but take shallow breaths. can't inflate lungs all the way |
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| which respiratory center is completely necessary for breathing? |
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| what is the main function of the pneumotaxic center? |
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| smooth transitional breathing |
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| why doesn't an increase in H+ in arteriole blood trigger central receptors? |
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| cannot penetrate the blood brain barrier |
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