CAS BI 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Command Center, Hyperventilation, Alkalosis
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Brainstem shuts nerves off, relax skeletal muscles, which snap back into place. Palv increases > patm, reversing pressure gradient. Cue exhalation: there isn"t much atp involved in exhaling, inhaling takes up more energy, palv returns to 0. In the middle, brainstem respiratory center o some are pacemaker-type cells (like sa node, ability to spontaneously depolarize) o some are just modulators: epinephrine can increase breathing rate. Toxic bc it disrupts lipid fluidity, and can cause cell death or ph imbalance. Controlled by lactic acid (h+) , which stimulates breathing o co2 + h2o (enzyme) -> h2co3 (spontaneous) -> h+ + hco3- If you decrease co2, you would decrease h+, bringing ph back to normal. Breathe faster, and release more co2 and get rid of h+ as a result o exercise more vigorously, more waste products you generate (lactic acid) o compensate for this with a change in breathing respiratory compensation.