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What is the function of the pulmonary circulation?
Transporting deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the alveolar capillaries and returning oxygenated blood to the left atrium
What is hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction?
A decrease in blood flow to poorly ventilated areas of the lungs
What causes pulmonary oedema?
An increase in pulmonary capillary pressure
What is the function of the pulmonary circulation?
To transport oxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the alveolar capillaries and return deoxygenated blood to the left atrium
What is hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction?
Constriction of pulmonary blood vessels due to low oxygen levels
What causes pulmonary edema?
Imbalance in Starling forces or failure to clear fluid
True or false: The pulmonary circulation receives more blood volume than the systemic circulation?
False
True or false: Pulmonary oedema can be caused by increases in pulmonary capillary permeability?
True
True or false: Extrinsic control plays a major role in regulating pulmonary circulation resistance?
False
Study Notes
Pulmonary Circulation: Pressures, Resistance, and Oedema
- The pulmonary circulation consists of two blood supplies to the lungs: bronchial and pulmonary
- The pulmonary circulation is responsible for transporting deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the alveolar capillaries and returning oxygenated blood to the left atrium
- The pulmonary circuit receives the same volume of blood as the systemic circulation, but it is a low pressure system
- The pulmonary circulation has low resistance due to capillary recruitment and distension
- Oxygen is a crucial factor in pulmonary circulation and hypoxia leads to constriction, known as hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction
- Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction shunts blood away from poorly ventilated areas and matches ventilation with perfusion
- The effect of gravity on flow causes three regions of lung perfusion: zone 1 (apex), zone 2 (middle), and zone 3 (base)
- Pulmonary oedema occurs due to an imbalance in Starling forces or failure to clear fluid, which increases the diffusion distance for oxygen and decreases lung compliance
- Major causes of pulmonary oedema are rises in pulmonary capillary pressure, high altitude causing hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, and increases in pulmonary capillary permeability
- The low pressure nature of the pulmonary circulation means capillary pressure is low, and lymphatic pumping means interstitial pressure is lower
- The net filtration pressure in the pulmonary circulation is (Pc − Pi) − (πc − πi), and it is lower than in the systemic circulation
- The pulmonary circulation has limited extrinsic control, and resistance is controlled by local factors.
Pulmonary Circulation: Pressures, Resistance, and Oedema
- The pulmonary circulation consists of two blood supplies to the lungs: bronchial and pulmonary
- The pulmonary circulation is responsible for transporting deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the alveolar capillaries and returning oxygenated blood to the left atrium
- The pulmonary circuit receives the same volume of blood as the systemic circulation, but it is a low pressure system
- The pulmonary circulation has low resistance due to capillary recruitment and distension
- Oxygen is a crucial factor in pulmonary circulation and hypoxia leads to constriction, known as hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction
- Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction shunts blood away from poorly ventilated areas and matches ventilation with perfusion
- The effect of gravity on flow causes three regions of lung perfusion: zone 1 (apex), zone 2 (middle), and zone 3 (base)
- Pulmonary oedema occurs due to an imbalance in Starling forces or failure to clear fluid, which increases the diffusion distance for oxygen and decreases lung compliance
- Major causes of pulmonary oedema are rises in pulmonary capillary pressure, high altitude causing hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, and increases in pulmonary capillary permeability
- The low pressure nature of the pulmonary circulation means capillary pressure is low, and lymphatic pumping means interstitial pressure is lower
- The net filtration pressure in the pulmonary circulation is (Pc − Pi) − (πc − πi), and it is lower than in the systemic circulation
- The pulmonary circulation has limited extrinsic control, and resistance is controlled by local factors.
Pulmonary Circulation: Pressures, Resistance, and Oedema
- The pulmonary circulation consists of two blood supplies to the lungs: bronchial and pulmonary
- The pulmonary circulation is responsible for transporting deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the alveolar capillaries and returning oxygenated blood to the left atrium
- The pulmonary circuit receives the same volume of blood as the systemic circulation, but it is a low pressure system
- The pulmonary circulation has low resistance due to capillary recruitment and distension
- Oxygen is a crucial factor in pulmonary circulation and hypoxia leads to constriction, known as hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction
- Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction shunts blood away from poorly ventilated areas and matches ventilation with perfusion
- The effect of gravity on flow causes three regions of lung perfusion: zone 1 (apex), zone 2 (middle), and zone 3 (base)
- Pulmonary oedema occurs due to an imbalance in Starling forces or failure to clear fluid, which increases the diffusion distance for oxygen and decreases lung compliance
- Major causes of pulmonary oedema are rises in pulmonary capillary pressure, high altitude causing hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, and increases in pulmonary capillary permeability
- The low pressure nature of the pulmonary circulation means capillary pressure is low, and lymphatic pumping means interstitial pressure is lower
- The net filtration pressure in the pulmonary circulation is (Pc − Pi) − (πc − πi), and it is lower than in the systemic circulation
- The pulmonary circulation has limited extrinsic control, and resistance is controlled by local factors.
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