Define Henry’s law

Q: Explain Poiseuille’s law for pressure applied to a bronchial airway with its radius reduced 50…

A: Introduction: Poiseuille’s law is used to describe the flow of fluid (Q) which is dependent on…

Q: Explain pulmonary elastic recoil in terms of surface tension and elastic fibres

A: Bounce back of the lungs after having been stretched by inhalation is called Elastic recoil. This…

Q: Explain how the lungs maintain negative pressure and how this allows respiration.

A: The process of gas exchange occurs between an organism and its environment is known as respiration.…

Q: Explain the significance of cartilage and smooth muscle in the organisation of the wall of the…

A: Lung illnesses are disorders that cause the lungs to stop working properly. The lungs are a vital…

Q: 18. Indicate if each of the following events occurs during inhalation or exhalation a. Diaphragm…

A: A. Diaphragm contracts moves down- during inhalation when the lungs inhale, the diaphragm contacts…

Q: Mary, a strong-willed three-year-old, threatens to hold her breath until she dies if she doesn’t get…

A: Breathing is heavily regulated by the brain,in what is known as respiratory center.The respiratory…

Q: Explain why puncturing the pleural membrane (pneumothorax) causes the lung to collapse

A: Pleural membrane helps in the protection and lubrication of lungs.As lungs expands and contract…

Q: Explain why a person with ketoacidosis may hyperventilate. What benefit might it provide? Also…

A: Acidosis is the condition when the blood pH drops below the normal range.

Q: Explain Dalton’s law and Henry’s law.

A: Energy cannot be created or destroyed, according to the law of conservation of energy. It can only…

Q: Describe the reason why someone would be having shortness of breath from congestive heart failure…

A: Starling hypothesis says that fluid movement due to filtration on the wall of a capillary is…

Q: Compare and contrast the hyperpnea of exercise with hyperventilation.

A: Hyperpnea is the phenomenon of breathing rapidly or deeply as compared to normal breathing. This is…

Q: Distinguish between Dalton’s law and Henry’s law and give a practical application of each.

A: "Dalton law (also called Dalton's law of partial pressures) states that in a mixture of non-reacting…

Q: Define partial pressure, and explain how it iscalculated.

A: Gas is defined as a state of matter which has no fixed volume and fixed shaped. It has a lower…

Q: Expand the term NHC?

A: In eukaryotes, apart from histone proteins, additional set of proteins are required for packing of…

Q: Some medical conditions can cause an abnormally low concentration of H+ ions in the blood. Explain…

A: A condition of the body wherein the blood becomes excessive alkaline, is known as Metabolic…

Q: Explain why the alveoli normally do not fill with fluid.

A: The respiratory system is a web of organs and tissues, which regulate a person’s breath. This…

Q: Explain how allergens such as pollen affect the upperrespiratory tract.

A: The upper respiratory tract consists of the nasal cavity, pharynx and larynx. When we breathe air,…

Q: State Dalton’s law of partial pressures and Henry’s law.

A: During the 18th Century, scientists began to realize the relationship between volume, pressure and…

Q: Relation between inflammation and pulmonary edema

A: The question is asking about the relationship between inflammation and pumonary edema. The…

Q: Which of these statements about intrapulmonary pressure and intrapleural pressure is true?A.The…

A: Answer- Intra pulmonary pressure is the pressure of air inside the lungs.

Q: Explain how measurements of blood PCO2, bicarbonate, and pH are affected by hypoventilation and…

A: Maintenance of pH in the blood depends on the conversion of carbon dioxide to bicarbonate ions…

Q: Diagram the changes in intrapleural pressure and alveolar pressure.

A: In human physiology, intrapleural pressure is defined as the pressure taking place in the pleural…

Q: Define the HPA axis.

A: Both people and animals have a stress response to environmental disturbances that enables…

Q: Why is it dangerous for a swimmer to hyperventilate in order to hold the breath for a longer period…

A: Hyperventilation is a condition of fast breathing, which results in expelling out more carbon…

Q: Explain the meaning of third-spacing.

A: Anatomically human body have different compartments. They are extracellular and intracellular…

Q: When individuals are hyperventilating, they are told to breathe into a paper bag or into their…

A: The body of humans consists of a number of systems that work together to maintain the homeostasis of…

Q: How can the Carotid Sinus cause Sudden Death?

A: The exterior and internal carotid arteries connect to produce the carotid sinus, which is a common…

Q: Prepare an information sheet that describes the causes and symptoms of hyperventilation.

A: Hyperventilation is a type of breathing which is deep and is more rapid then usual breathing pattern…

Q: In two to three paragraph, Discuss the importance of atresia.

A: Atresia is a condition in the body in which any type of passage in the body is blocked. Atresia can…

Q: H+ are rid in the lungs because:

A: H+ are carried in the blood along with the oxygen as well as carbon-dioxide.They remain in the blood…

Q: Describe the impact narrowing or widening the passages of the airway would have on gas exchange.

A: The lungs are organs of the body that helps in the exchange of gases (oxygen, carbon dioxide)…

Q: Identify and label the different structures of the bronchioles.

A: Introduction Bronchioles:- These are air passages inside the lungs that branch off like tree limbs…

Q: Compare and contrast the following terms: Tachypnea and hyperventilation

A: Both Tachypnea and hyperventilation are breathing related respiratory problems.

Q: Determine the maximum velocity

A: Michaelis menten constant, Km is the substrate concentration required to produce half maximum…

Q: Explain Warburg effect.

A: Glycolysis is a process in which one mole of glucose is partially oxidized into two moles of…

Q: Explain why a large pleural effusion may have moreserious consequences than an obstruction in a…

A: Respiration is the process through which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged between the…

Q: Name the blood vessels bringing blood into the pulmonarycirculation, and describe the blood in these…

A: Blood is a bodily fluid found in humans and other animals that transfers metabolic waste products…

Q: what impact (effect) does sickle cell disease have on oxygen flow through body systems and why does…

A: Autosomal recessive: In this type the gene or condition is recessive type which means expressed in…

Q: Define minute ventilation

A: Source of energy in the living organisms is food. Animals cannot prepare their own food. This food…

Q: describe how oxygen and carbon dioxide are transported in the blood.

A: The blood transports both oxygen and carbon dioxide. The oxygen from the lungs enters the blood and…

Q: Explain why blood has a higher O2 concentration in the pulmonary veins than in the venae cavae,…

A: The pulmonary veins are the veins that transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. Both…

Q: After a week of scuba diving in Bahamas, Mary Ann boards an airplane. During her flight home, she…

A: The symptoms of mary Ann are the pain associated with the scuba diving usually feels like a dull…

Q: Describe how the change of breaths per minute changes.

A: The act of breathing can be described as pulmonary ventilation. It is the movement of air into and…

Q: Why do endurance athletics use erythropoietin?

A: Erythropoietin (EPO) is a peptide hormone that regulates erythropoiesis. It is produced when the…