Breathing and Exchange of Gases
- When you hold your breath, which of the following gas changes in blood would first lead to the urge to breathe?
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Chemoreceptors in the medulla get stimulated by increase in CO2 concentration in the blood of arteries. Decrease in O2 concentration has no significant effect on chemoreceptors.
Correct Option: A
Chemoreceptors in the medulla get stimulated by increase in CO2 concentration in the blood of arteries. Decrease in O2 concentration has no significant effect on chemoreceptors.
- What is vital capacity of our lungs?
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Vital capacity of lungs is the largest possible expiration after largest possible inspiration that is greatest. Volume of air can be exchanged in single respiration or amount of air breathed in and out with greatest possible efforts.
VC = TRV +TV + ERV
= 3000 + 500 + 1100
= 4600 ml.Correct Option: D
Vital capacity of lungs is the largest possible expiration after largest possible inspiration that is greatest. Volume of air can be exchanged in single respiration or amount of air breathed in and out with greatest possible efforts.
VC = TRV +TV + ERV
= 3000 + 500 + 1100
= 4600 ml.
- Carbonic anhydrase occurs in
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Carbonic anhydrase is a zinc-containing enzyme present in RBCs. In presence of this enzyme, carbon dioxide reacts with water to form carbonic acid.
Correct Option: C
Carbonic anhydrase is a zinc-containing enzyme present in RBCs. In presence of this enzyme, carbon dioxide reacts with water to form carbonic acid.
- The quantity 1500 ml in the respiratory volumes of a normal human adult refers to
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The total volume of air that can be expelled from the lungs after maximum inspiration and then expiring to the maximum is known as the vital capacity. The volume of air that remains inside lungs at the end of maximum forceful expiration is the residual volume. Expiratory reserve volume is the maximum extra volume of air that can be expired by forceful expiration after a normal tidal expiration. Total lung capacity is the maximum volume of air that can be contained in the lungs after maximum inspiration.
Correct Option: B
The total volume of air that can be expelled from the lungs after maximum inspiration and then expiring to the maximum is known as the vital capacity. The volume of air that remains inside lungs at the end of maximum forceful expiration is the residual volume. Expiratory reserve volume is the maximum extra volume of air that can be expired by forceful expiration after a normal tidal expiration. Total lung capacity is the maximum volume of air that can be contained in the lungs after maximum inspiration.
- The majority of carbon dioxide produced by our body cells is transported to the lungs
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Transport of CO2 is much easier than O2 because of the higher solubility of CO2 than O2. Almost 7% of CO2 is transported in dissolved state in plasma. About 23% of the CO2 is transported in the form of carbamino haemoglobin. 70% of CO2 is transported in the form of bicarbonate ions. CO2 reacts with water present in plasma.
Carbonic acid is unstable & gives H+ and HCO3–. H+ bind with haemoglobin to maintain the pH of blood while HCO3– remain in the blood and carries the CO2 to lungs.Correct Option: A
Transport of CO2 is much easier than O2 because of the higher solubility of CO2 than O2. Almost 7% of CO2 is transported in dissolved state in plasma. About 23% of the CO2 is transported in the form of carbamino haemoglobin. 70% of CO2 is transported in the form of bicarbonate ions. CO2 reacts with water present in plasma.
Carbonic acid is unstable & gives H+ and HCO3–. H+ bind with haemoglobin to maintain the pH of blood while HCO3– remain in the blood and carries the CO2 to lungs.