Across
- 2. Movement of the diaphragm on inspiration.
- 3. 40mmHg is the partial pressure of oxygen at which end of the pulmonary capillary.
- 5. 'High partial pressure of carbon dioxide promotes the unloading of oxygen from haemoglobin' - this describes the what effect?
- 7. The tendency of a hollow organ to collapse on itself.
- 8. The pneumotaxic centre is located where in the brains stem.
- 9. Functional residual capacity minus expiratory reserve volume.
- 11. Muscle involved only in forced expiration.
- 13. The name of the nerve which transmits information from the carotid bodies (peripheral chemoreceptors) to the dorsal respiratory group.
- 14. A type of obstructive lung disease characterised by the destruction of alveolar walls.
Down
- 1. The main component of surfactant.
- 4. What pressure is the difference between alveolar and pleural pressure?
- 6. The final component of the conducting zone.
- 10. A condition that increases membrane thickness in gas exchange.
- 12. A factor affecting the rate of gas diffusion through the respiratory membrane.