BIOL 1020- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 38 pages long!)

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Respiratory system functions: gas exchange, regulation of ph, filters air, produces sounds. Larynx , voice box: connects the laryngopharynx with trachea. Boyle"s law: applies to containers with flexible walls like in the thoracic cage, pressure and columns are inversely related, if volume decrease, pressure increase. Dalton"s law: applies to mixture of gasses. Henry"s law: deals with gases and solutions, increasing partial pressure of a solution, increases solubility of a solution. Measuring ventilation: anatomic dead space: 30% of air in the conducting zone, spirometer: measure the volume of air exchanged during breathing and the respiratory rate, spirogram: the recording of the spirometer. Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide: all driven by partial pressure. Transport carbon dioxide and oxygen: carbon dioxide is transport in three forms, 1. 7% is dissolved in plasma (least used: 2. 70% converted into carbonic acid (most used: 3. bound to hemoglobin, saturation curves, effectors: ph, blood temperature, and partial pressure of oxygen.

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