GMS6402 MODULE 6 Pulmonary Circulation questions with answers

GMS6402 MODULE 6: Pulmonary
Circulation questions with answers


How much time do red blood cells spend in the pulmonary
capillary bed?


How many alveoli do they traverse? - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔.75 seconds


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What percent of the cardiac output does the pulmonary circulation
receive? - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔100%


The pulmonary circulation is a ____ pressure system; ____ mm Hg
in ________ _______ the vs. ~90 mm Hg in the ________. - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔low - ~14
pulmonary artery


aorta



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, Is pulmonary circulation high or low compliant? - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔HIGH


it can tolerate large increases in blood volume (V) with little to no
change in blood pressure (P)


What is it called when blood filled capillaries are already open, but
they dilate even more in order to accommodate increased blood
volume? - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Distension


What is it called when capillaries that previously has little to no
blood flow are utilized? - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Recruitment


There is slightly more ventilation at the _____ than the ______ of
the lung. - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔base
apex


Perfusion is significantly impacted by_______? - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔gravity




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