PATH 3610 Study Guide - Final Guide: Joint Capsule, Hyperlipidemia, Cardiac Muscle

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Pathology
• Course: PATH 3610
• Professor: Cecil Foster

Document Summary

Pulmonary functions: oxygen absorption and co2 removal, ventilation (brain, muscles, airways, compliance, gas exchange across the air-blood barrier, perfusion (effective gas exchange via perfusion, defense: against airborne micro-organisms, biotransformation, endocrine functions. Pulmonary disease causes failure of lung function: can monitor your response to treatment of pulmonary disease via, arterial blood gas analysis, decrease pao2: hypoxemia. Increase paco2: hypercapnea: ventilation mechanics, airflow and volume measured with a spirometer. Lung function: ventilation mechanics: forced vital capacity: total volume of exhaled air (deep breath, expire maximum air volume possible, fev1: forced expiratory volume in 1 second. Compliance = v/ p: compliance: the change in volume in relation to a change in plural pressure; by expanding the chest, we increase the amount of air that is inhaled. Edema in the lung: component of many different diseases, one of the reasons of lung function failure is the lung filled with fluid (i. e. edema)