What are the 5 steps of respiration once air enters the body?

What does the upper respiratory tract consist of?

Where does the conducting zone end?

Where does the respiratory zone begin?

What is the equation for rate of diffusion?

What are the 4 main functions of the lungs?

What is:
Tidal Volume
Inspiratory Reserve Volume
Expiratory Reserve Volume
Residual Volume

What volume cannot be measured by the spirometer?

What is:
Inspiratory Capacity
Vital Capacity
Functional Residual Capacity
Total Lung Capacity

What is the difference between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation?

What is the minute ventilation equation?

What is the alveolar ventilation equation?

What is the normal anatomical dead space?

What is physiological dead space?

When Palv<Patm, [...] occurs
When Palv>Patm, ... occurs
When Palv=Patm, ...

Flow=

Intrapleural pressure is always....
and ... as chest wall expands

What is transpulmonary pressure equal to?

Resistance is mainly caused by...
Upper airway resistance is caused by?

Why is resistance in the lower airways mainly caused by middle order bronchi?

In quiet breathing, flow is [...]
In high ventilation flow is ...

In asthma, resistance is caused by SM hypersensitivity to constrictors, leading to...

In chronic bronchitis, resistance is caused by...and...

How does a change in radius impact resistance in series?

How does a change in radius affect resistance in parallel?

How does Adrenaline impact airway resistance?
What about Ach?

What is a physical factor on airway resistance during:
1. Inspiration
2. Expiration

Lung compliance is a measure of

Lung compliance is measured by

What are the two factors determining lung compliance?

Does collagen or elastin impact the resistance of lung tissue to stretch?
What does too much/too little of this result in?

How does surface tension influence lung compliance?

How does surfactant negate the impact of surface tension on lung compliance?

In smaller alveoli, a fall in radius results in greater resistance. How is this offsetted?

The vitalgraph measures ... and ...
The Forced Expiratory Ration (FER)=?

Asthma, bronchitis and COPD are what type of lung disease and is indicated by what on the vitalograph?

cystic fibrosis, sarcoidosis, scoliosis, obesity, muscular dystrophy are what kind of lung disease, and are indicated by what on the vitalgraph?