High Altitude Physiology — Flashcards

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OSA, causes hypoventilation and resulting _____ hypoxia and hypercapnia

In the _____, hypoxia causes vaso-constriction

Both peripheral and central chemoreceptors contribute to increased ventilation that occurs as a result of decreased _____.

High altitude initially causes _____ alkalosis and hypoxia, which may cause acute altitude sickness

In response to high altitude, there is chronic hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction which results in pulmonary _____ and RV hypertrophy

Water fall effect has been used to describe the blood flow in the _____ portion of lung.

The graph given below shows _____ _____thoracic obstruction

Hint: variable/fixed

The graph given depicts the _____ effect

The alveolar gas equation states that the alveolar Po2 (PAo2) equals: _____

#10

According to Fick's law, the rate of diffusion of a gas (Vgas) is equal to: _____

High Altitude Physiology Flashcards for NEET-PG

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