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Mechanics of Breathing

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Baring pneumothorax, this pressure is always lower than atmospheric pressure(that is, is negative pressure)   Intrapleural pressure  
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Pressure of air outside the body   Atmospheric Pressure  
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As it decreases, air flows into the atmospheric pressure, of the lungs   Intrapulmonary Pressure  
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As it increases over atmospheric pressure, air flows out of the lungs   Intrapulmonary Pressure  
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If this pressure becomes equal to the atmospheric pressure, the lungs collapse   Intrapleural Pressure  
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Rises well over atmospheric pressure during a forceful cough   Intrapulmonary Pressure  
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Also known as the intra-alveolar pressure   Intrapulmonary Pressure  
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The change in lung volume with a given change in transpulmonary pressure   Lung compliance  
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Gas flow changes inversely with this factor   Respiratory passageway resistance  
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Essential for normal respiration   Lung elasticity  
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Leads to RDS when surfactant is absent   Alveolar surface tension forces  
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Diminished by age-related lung fibrosis and increasing rigidity of the thoracic cage   Lung compliance  
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Its loss is the major pathology in emphyema   Lung elasticity  
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Reflects a state of tension at the surface of a liquid   Alveolar surface tension forces  
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Dramatically increased by asthma   Respiratory passageway resistance  
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Greatest in the medium-sized bronchi   Respiratory passageway resistance  
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Name the three accessory muscles that are activated during forced inspiration that raise the rib cage more vigorously   scalenes, sternoclemastoids, pectoralis  
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Provide two examples of muscles that depress the rib cage upon forceful expiration   Internal intercostals, latissmus dorsi  
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Provide two examples of muscles that cause abdominal pressure to rise   Obliques, transversus  
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Three factors that decrease alveolar ventilation rate   Shallow breathing, Rapid breathing, Mucus in the resp passageways  
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Respiratory volume inhaled or exhaled during normal breathing   Tidal Volume (TV)  
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Air in respiratory passages that does not contribute to gas exchange   Dead space volume  
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Total amount of exchangeable air   Vital capacity(VC)  
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Gas volume that allows gas exchange to go on continuously   Residual volume(RV)  
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Amount of air that can still be exhaled(forcibly)after a normal exhalation   Expiratory reserve volume(ERV)  
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Sum of all lung volumes   Total lung capacity(TLC)  
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Pulmonary function tests can be conducted using a_____   Spirometer  
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This type of test can distinguish between_______&_______   Obstructive pulmonary dz, restricted disease  
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Obsructive pulmonary diseases reduce the rate of air flow will lower this value   FEV-forced expiratory volume  
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Restrictive diseases reduces the total inflation capacity will lower this value   FVC-forced vital capacity  
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Sudden inspiration, resulting from spasms of the diaphragm are   hiccups  
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A deep breath is taken, the glottis is closed, and air is forced out of the lungs against the glottis; clears the lower resp passageways   cough  
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As just described, but clears the upper respiratory passageways   sneeze  
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