Control test 1 Physiology of the respiratory system

1. Muscles involved in pulmonary ventilation 2. Chest wall lung interaction and the intrapleural pressure 3. Alveolar and transpulmonary pressures 4. Static compliance of the lungs 5. Surface tension and the effects of pulmonary surfactant 6. Lung volumes and capacities 7. Alveolar ventilation 8. Non-respiratory roles of the lungs 9. Resistance to air flow in the bronchial tree general features 10. Neuro-humoral factors that influence resistance to airflow along the respiratory tree 11. Influences of lung volume on airways caliber 12. Influences of the airflow through the airway on airways caliber 13. Equal pressure point 14. Dependence of expiratory flow from effort 15. Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 sec (FEV1) and forced expiratory flows (FEFs) 16. Flow-volume loop 17. Functional parameters that differentiate obstructive from restrictive lung disorders 18. Pulmonary circulation general features 19. Influence of gravity on regional perfusion and ventilation. 20. Regulatory mechanisms for correcting ventilation/perfusion mismatches (alveolar dead

space, shunt) 21. Mechanisms for keeping the alveoli dry and pulmonary edema safety factor 22. Factors that determine alveolar air composition 23. Diffusion of O2 and CO2 through the respiratory membrane 24. DRG 25. VRG; pneumotaxic center 26. Chemical control of respiration: peripheral chemoreceptors 27. Chemical control of respiration: central chemoreceptors 28. Stretch receptors modulation of the respiratory output