Consider the following blood gases for Mrs. Miller pH=7.51  pCO2 = 28 (normal is 35-45) HCO3- = 22 (normal is 22-26) Which of the following conditions does Mrs. Miller have?  

For William…would inhalation or exhalation be more difficult?

Peripheral chemoreceptors are most sensitive to _______________________

Based on her blood gases, is Mrs. Miller’s body compensating for the condition that she has?

If the levels of carbon dioxide in the blood are high, which of the following changes will occur?

  When PO2  levels are increased, the affinity of Hb for oxygen is _____________  

Changes in carbon dioxide levels which are sensed by the central chemoreceptors are sent to the __________________

   The PO2 of deoxygenated blood entering Janie’s pulmonary capillaries is 40mmHg and the PO2 of alveolar air is 100mmHg. As a result of this difference in PO2 , there is a net diffusion of oxygen from the  

(1 point) On your scratch paper, sketch the graphs of two lines that form a system of equations with no common solution.  (2 points) Write the equations of your two lines here.

  Joe was stabbed and the knife pierced his right thoracic cavity as shown in the figure below. Air entered the intrapleural space.  The medical term for this condition is ___________________________