Exercise Physiology Final

Three important functions of blood during exercise:

Transportation, temperature regulation, acid-base balance

Blood varies with:

Body size and state of training

The blood volumes of people of average body size and normal physical activity for men and women:

5-6L in men, 4-5L in women

55% of blood is made of up of:

Plasma

90% of blood plasma is:

Water

7% of blood plasma is:

Plasma proteins

3% of blood plasma is:

other

45% of blood is:

Formed elements

> 99% of formed elements:

Red blood cells

< 1% of formed elements is:

white blood cells and platelets

White blood cells are also known as:

Leukocytes

Protect body from disease organisms:

Leukocytes

Blood platelets are also known as:

Thrombocytes

Cell fragments that help blood coagulation:

Blood platelets

Red blood cells are also known as:

Erythrocytes

Carry oxygen to tissues with the help of hemoglobin:

Red blood cells

The percentage of the total blood volume composed of red blood cells is referred to as the:

Hematocrit

Hematocrit typically varies between:

40% and 45%

Higher hematocrits result in higher blood:

Viscosity

Mature red blood cells have no ____ so they can't ____:

nucleus, reproduce

The normal life span of a red blood cell is about:

4 months

Red blood cells may be destroyed during:

Exercise

Destruction of red blood cells occurs to wear and tear of _____, increased _____, _______

Circulation, temperature, pounding of feet while running

What is the another name for the destruction of red blood cells by the pounding of the feet while running:

Foot strike hemolysis

Red blood cells transport oxygen primarily bound to their:

Hemoglobin

Hemoglobin is composed of a protein ____ and a pigment ____

Globin, heme

Heme contains ___, which binds ____:

Iron, oxygen

There is an average of __g of Hb per 100mL of blood:

15

Each gram of Hb can bind _.__ mL of oxygen:

1.33

Women possess __%-__% less hemoglobin than men:

10%-14%

Is the maximal oxygen transport:

20 mL Oxygen/100 mL blood

An increase in either vessel length or blood viscosity results in a ____ increase in resistance:

Proportional

Reducing the radius of a blood vessel by one-half would increase resistance __-fold

16

At rest average heart rate is:

60-80bpm

In highly-conditioned endurance athletes, resting heart rates in the range of __ to __ beats have been reported:

28-40

HR is lowest in the ___ position, and increases with ____, then increases again upon ____:

supine, sitting, standing

The increase in heart rate before exercise is referred to as an ______ response:

Anticipatory

Anticipatory response is mediated through _______ secretion from both the sympathetic nervous system and the adrenal medulla:

Catecholamine

The ____ ____ ____ is the highest heart rate value you can achieve in an all-out effort to the point of exhaustion:

Maximum heart rate

The heart rate plateau reached during constant rate of submaximal work:

Steady-state heart rate

The lower the steady state heart rate the more _____ the heart and is explained by:

Efficient, higher stroke volume

Main determinant of cardiorespiratory endurance capacity at maximal rates of work:

Stroke volume

Stroke volume increases with increasing rates of work up to intensities of __% to __% of max or higher

40%-60%

Explanation for stroke volume increase during exercise that states due to increased stretch of the ventricle it contracts with more force:

Frank-Starling mechanism

Explanation for stroke volume increase during exercise that states volume increases due to increase in amount of force produced at a given fiber length due to catecholamines:

Contractility

Explanation for stroke volume increase during exercise that states stroke volume increases due to vasodilation of blood vessels in working muscles:

Decreased peripheral resistance

Resting value for cardiac output is approximately:

5L per minute

Cardiac output increases directly with increasing exercise intensity to at least __ to __ L per minute:

20 to 40

____ BP increases in direct proportion to increased exercise intensity:

Systolic

____ BP changes little if any during endurance exercise, regardless of intensity:

Diastolic

Some BP increases during resistance exercise are attributed to the:

Valsalva maneuver

During exercise, the RPP _____, reflecting a higher cost to the heart:

Increases

Amount of oxygen extracted from the blood as it travels through the body:

Arterial-venous oxygen difference

Is calculated as the difference between the oxygen content of arterial blood and venous blood:

Arterial-venous oxygen difference

Arterial-venous oxygen difference _____ with increasing rates of exercise as more oxygen is taken from blood:

Increases

The ____ _____ represents the relationship of the body's oxygen consumption to the arterial-venous oxygen difference and cardiac output:

Fick equation

Plasma volume ____ during exercise:

Decreases

The loss of plasma volume results in a higher concentration of red blood cells per unit of blood and is called:

Hemoconcentration

Blood pH _______ due to increased blood lactate accumulation with increasing exercise intensity:

Decreases

The exchange of gasses in the lungs:

External respiration

Exchange of gasses by the tissues:

Internal respiration

Also called cellular respiration and refers to Oxygen utilization and Carbon Dioxide production during energy production:

Tissue respiration

Mechanical process of moving air into and out of the lungs:

Ventilation

Random movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration:

Diffusion

The respiratory system consists of passageways that filter air and transport it to the lungs where gas exchange occurs in the _____:

Alveoli

The air passages of the respiratory system are divided into two functional zones: the ____ zone and the ____ zone:

Conducting, respiratory

The zone that includes all anatomical structures that air passes on the way to the respiratory zone and includes everything but the alveoli:

Conducting zone

In addition to being transported, air in the conducting zone is:

Temp adjusted, filtered, humidified

Gas exchange in the lungs occurs across about ___ alveoli:

300 million

The total surface area available for diffusion in the human lung is __ - __ square meters:

60-80

Movement of molecules along a passageway due to a pressure difference between the two ends of the passageway:

Bulk flow

Is the only skeletal muscle we cannot live without:

Diaphragm

The most important muscle of inspiration:

Diaphragm

When the diaphragm contracts, it forces the abdominal contents ___ and ____:

Downward and forward

The 4 muscles of inspiration:

Sternocledomastoid, Scalenes, External intercostals, diaphragm

Expiration at rest is a ____ process:

Passive

During exercise and voluntary hyperventilation, expiration is:

Active

The 5 muscles of expiration:

Internal intercostals, external oblique, internal oblique, transverse abs, rectus abs

Mucous can ____ airflow:

Restrict

Typically occurs during or shortly after exercise, and is thought to be due to breathing cold, dry, or polluted air:

Exercise-induced asthma

Asthma induced by blowing more water out than taking in, drying out lung passageways:

Water loss theory:

Theory that asthma is caused by transition of air temps that rapid change irritates lung passageways:

Heat exchange theory

The movement of air into and out of the lungs:

Pulmonary Ventilation

This is the amount of gas ventilated per minute and is equivalent to cardiac output:

Minute ventilation

The amount of gas moved per breath:

Tidal volume

Is the product of frequency of breathing and the amount of gas moved per breath:

Minute ventilation

During maximal exercise, ventilation may reach ___-___ liters per minute, with a volume of approximately _-_._ liters and a frequency of __-__:

120-175, 3-3.5, 40-50

The unused ventilation is called ____-____ ventilation and the space it accupies is known as _____ _____ _____:

dead-space, anatomical dead space

The volume of inspired gas that reaches the respiratory zone is referred to as ____ _____:

Alveolar ventilation

Approximately __% of the total minute ventilation reaches the alveoli, while __% remains in the conducting zone:

70%, 30%

Pulmonary volumes can be measured using:

Spirometry

Lung volumes are:

non-overlapping

Volume of gas inspired or expired during unforced respiratory cycle:

Tidal volume

The volume of gas that can be inspired at the end of tidal inspiration:

Inspiratory reserve

The volume of gas that can be expired at the end of a tidal expiration:

Expiratory reserve

The volume of gas left in the lungs after a maximal expiration:

Residual volume

The total amount of gas in the lungs at the end of a maximal expiration:

Total lung capacity

The maximum amount of gas that can be expired after a maximum inspiration:

Vital capacity

Tidal + reserve =

Inspiratory capacity

The maximum amount of gas that can be inspired at the end of a tidal expiration:

Inspiratory capacity

The amount of gas remaining in the lungs after a normal quiet tidal expiration:

Function residual capacity

Dynamic measures of pulmonary ventilation depend on two factors:

Volume and speed of air moved

Reflects the expiratory power and overall resistance to air movement in the lungs:

FEV to FVC

Normally FEV/FVC averages about __%:

85%

The dynamic assessment of ventilatory capacity requires rapid deep breathing for 15 seconds and is extrapolated to 1 minute:

Maximum voluntary ventilation

According to _____ law, the total pressure of a gas mixture is equal to the sum of the pressures that each gas would exert independently:

Daltons

The pressure that each gas exerts independently:

Partial pressure

The absolute pressure a gas exerts:

Barometric pressure

Percent of Oxygen:

21

Percent of Nitrogen:

79

Percent of Carbon Dioxide:

.03

The major factor that determines the amount of dissolved gas in the blood is the:

Partial pressure

Pulmonary has the ___ rate of flow as the systemic circuit:

Same

When standing, most of the blood flow is to the ___ of the lung:

Base

Indicates matching of blood flow to ventilation:

Ventilation/perfusion ratio

Base ratio (ratio < 1.0):

Overperfused

Apex ratio (ratio >1.0):

Underperfused

Perfusion means:

Blood

For transport in the blood CO2 is transformed into:

Bicarbonate

Even though only small volumes of O2 and Co2 are dissolved they are determined by:

Partial Pressure

The binding of O2 to hemoglobin forms:

Oxyhemoglobin

Hemoglobin that is not bound to O2 is referred to as:

Deoxyhemoglobin

The goal of O2 in the lungs is:

Oxyhemoglobin

____ partial pressure causes binding of O2 and hemoglobin:

High

____ have highest partial pressure while ____ have the lowest:

Lungs, Muscles

Blood pH _____ during heavy exercise:

Declines

A decline in pH favors _____ of oxygen to tissues

Offloading

Decrease in pH occurs in the ____ but not the ____;

Muscle, Lungs

An increase in body temp results in a ____ Hb-Oxygen bond:

Weaker

Shuttles Oxygen from the cell membrane to the mitochondria:

Myoglobin

Has a higher affinity for Oxygen than hemoglobin:

Myoglobin

What percent of CO2 is dissolved in plasma, bound to Hb, and a bicarbonate:

Plasma - 10%
Bound to Hb - 20%
Bicarbonate - 70%

During incremental(graded) exercise there is a ______ increase in ventilation: up to ~50 - 75% VO2 max:

Linear

Exercising beyond 50-75% VO2 max increases ventilation _______:

Exponentially

The point where ventilation increases exponentially is called:

Ventilatory Threshold

The reason you breathe more during exercise is to get rid of ____:

CO2

How much you ventilate is related to how much ___ produced:

CO2

The respiratory control center in the ____ _____ directly controls contraction and relaxation of the diaphragm:

Medulla Oblongata

Inspiratory center neurons innervate diaphrgm:

Dorsal respiratory group

Expiration and inspiration during forced breathing:

Ventral respiratory group

Provides inspiratory drive in dorsal respiratory group:

Apneustic area

Cutoff switch of inspiration:

Pneumotaxic area

Central chemoreceptors are located in the:

Medulla

Peripheral chemoreceptors are located in the:

Aortic and carotid bodies

Neural input comes from the:

Motor cortex or skeletal muscle

Oxygen changes do not drive:

Ventilation

Stretch reflex in lungs when lungs are full causing exhalation:

Hering-breuer relfex

Linear increase in ventilation is caused by what 3 things:

Central command
Humoral chemoreceptors
Neural feedback

Excessive rate and depth of ventilation causing abnormal loss of CO2:

Hyperventilation

Elevated breathing, for example during exercise necessary to keep CO2 levels down:

Hyperpnea

Difficult or labored breathing(struggling for air):

Dyspnea

Normal breathing at rest:

Eupnea

Occurs when we reach steady state exercise:

Second wind

Probably cuase by exchemia to intercostals or gravitational pulling of muscles causing pain:

Stitch-in-the-side