A fluorescent dye SNARF-1 that is sensitive to H+ concentrations can be used to monitor the cytosolic pH of 

1. Alkaline cells

2. Acidic cells 

3. Dead cells

4. Live cells

Which of the following options are incorrect?

#Question id: 11076

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following will decrease pulmonary blood flow resistance?

#Question id: 11077

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A person’s normal tidal volume is 400 ml with a dead space of 100 ml. The respiratory rate is 12 breaths/min. The person is placed on ventilator for surgery and the tidal volume is 700 with a rate of 12. What is the approximate alveolar Pco2 for this person?

#Question id: 11078

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A child has been eating round candies approximately 1 and 1.5 cm in diameter and inhaled one down his airway blocking his left bronchiole. Which of the following will describe the changes that occur?

#Question id: 11079

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The diffusing capacity of a gas is the volume of gas that will diffuse through a membrane each minute for a pressure difference of 1 mm Hg. Which of the following gases is often used to estimate the oxygen diffusing capacity of the lungs?

#Question id: 11080

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The O2-CO2 diagram here shows a ventilation-perfusion ratio line for the normal lung. Which of the following best describes the effect of decreasing ventilation-perfusion ratio on the alveolar Po2 and Pco2?

#Question id: 11081

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

In which of the following conditions is alveolar Po2 increased and alveolar Pco2 decreased?