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Pulmonary Ventilation
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Physical movement of air into lungs
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Atmospheric pressure
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air pressure outside the body
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Intrapleural pressure
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air pressure in lungs
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Intrapulmonary pressure
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pressure between membranes
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Elastic Recoil
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idk
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Va
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alveolar ventilation
air at the alveolar respiratory membrance per minute Va=f x (Vt-Vd) |
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Ve
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Respiratory minute volume. bolume inhaled in one minute
Ve=f x Vt |
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Tidal Volume
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Vt=amount of gas inhaled during one breath
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Partial Pressure
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each gas has its own pressure
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respiration process
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Pulmonary Ventilation
Gas diffusion Gas Transport |
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Lung pleurae
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change the size of lung by skeletal muscles, ribs, diaphragm and abdominal cavity(all contract)
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inspiration
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Poutside>Pinside
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Ehalation
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Poutside<Pinside
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Gas diffusion
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Across the respiratory membrane
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overall pressure
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weight of the air on us
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factors affecting gas exchange
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concentration gradients of gases
gas solubility thickness of respiratory membrane-pneumonia(too thick)-empysema(too thin) |
