Introduction to Pulmonary Disease

Provides an outline of how we regulate breathing which includes the following topics: what is Chemoreceptor, Medulla and Pons, Inspiratory ramp signal, Ventral Respiratory Groups, Pontine respiratory centers, Reflex control of breathing, J-Receptors, Peripheral Proprioceptors, Muscle Spindles, Central chemoreceptors, Peripheral chemoreceptors, What happens in chronic hypercapnia, What happens in oxygen-associated hypercapnia, Ventilatory response to exercise, Abnormal Breathing Patterns (Cheyne ...

This lecture notes touches base on how the oxygen and gas transport between the lungs and the tissue cells work. Includes the following topics: cascade effect, Cascade Effect, Respiratory Quotient , 2 Types of respiration, Total combined O2 & CO2 pressure, Diffusion, Barriers to Diffusion, Gas Exchange,Fick’s Law, CO2 and O2 Diffusion, Travel Time for oxygen diffusion, Thebesian Venous drainage and Bronchial Venous drainage, Shunting V/Q, Lung Perfusion, 3 zone of lung perfusion, Ventilation a...

This is an overview of the respiratory system.