Respiration and O2 Questions
Explain why each of these persons has
trouble supplying Oxygen to their cells.
1. Someone without surfactant
2. Someone whose phrenic nerve is cut
3. Someone who has depressed bone marrow
due to chemotherapy
4. Someone who has an enlarged spleen
5. Someone who has disseminated
intravascular clotting in the pulmonary arterioles
6. Someone who has fluid in the alveoli
due to pneumonia
7. Someone who has a malformed
epiglottis due to a birth defect
8. Someone who has a stab wound
perforating the body wall between the 5th and 6th ribs
9. Someone who has had both kidneys
removed
10. Someone who has reduced lung
compliance
12. Someone who has reduced lung
elasticity
More Respiration and O2 Questions
What effect will each of the following
have on oxygen delivery to tissues? Why?
1. Alkalosis
2. Inability to make 2,3 DPG
3. Lack of iron in the diet
4. Hemoglobin with an increased O2
affinity
5. Acid injected into the cerebrospinal
fluid
6. A person with long-term bronchitis
is given a high dose of O2