Respiratory responces to exercise

Define tidal volume.

Define vital capacity

Give the equation for working out pulmonary airflow capacity.

Give a reason why respiratory factors cant be a limiting factor.

Women have _____ lung function measurements than men. This means that ...

As ventilation increases it becomes _____ costly in terms of O2 uptake.

Define minute ventilation.

Explain what happens to depth and rate of breathing as we exercise.

define the ventilatory breakpoint.

Give some evidence to explain why ventilatory breakpoint isn't caused by acidosis.

Give some evidence to suggest why ventialtion isn't linked with muscle metabolites.

What is the primary drive for respiratory control?

Explain why arterial hypoxaemia may occur in some elite athletes.

Give a reason as to why exercise increasing our blood thickness wont effect oxygen delivery to the muscles.

Explain why CO2 doesn't ever build up in arterial blood, even in elite athletes.