Respiratory System — Flashcards

Can a standard pulse oximeter differentiate between oxyhemoglobin and carboxyhemoglobin?_____

HFNC _____ the nasopharyngeal dead space

Work done in quiet breathing is _____ kg-m/min

Type _____, also called as periop. respiratory failure, is because of lung atelectasis

Hering-Breuer reflexes are mediated by _____ adapting pulmonary stretch receptors and the impulses travel in the vagus nerve via large myelinated fibers.

Smoking causes _____ to the sensitivity of the chemoreceptors.

The primary function of the larynx is _____

The ventral respiratory group contributes to the extra respiratory drive (_____ mechanism)

The rate of inspiration is controlled by the _____ center.

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