RESPIRATION

7/11/00


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RESPIRATION

PARTIAL PRESSURES

Partial Pressures in air

Effect of water vapor

DEAD SPACE VOLUME

GAS EXCHANGE ACROSS PULMONARY CAPILLARIES

GAS EXCHANGE ACROSS SYSTEMIC CAPILLARIES

Carbon dioxide/Bicarbonate Relationship

GAS TRANSPORT IN BLOOD

HEMOGLOBIN/OXYGEN DISSOCIATION

Agents which shift the Hb/O Dissociation curve: The Bohr Effect

UNDERSTANDING THE HB/O DISSOCIATION CURVE

Agents which shift the Hb/O Dissociation curve: The Bohr Effect

Carbon dioxide/Bicarbonate Relationship

Carbon Dioxide Transport in the Blood: At the tissues

Carbon Dioxide Transport in the Blood: At the lungs

The Haldane Effect

RESPIRATORY CONTROL

Medulla: Dorsal respiratory group

Medulla: Ventral respiratory group

Pons: Pneumotactic center

Pons: Apneustic center

CARBON DIOXIDE CONTROLLS RESPIRATION

OXYGEN LEVELS MUST FALL DRASTICALLY TO AFFECT BREATHING

Author: D. C. Mikulecky

Email: mikuleck@hsc.vcu.edu

Home Page: http://views.vcu.edu/~mikuleck/

 

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