What is the maximal volume of all the airways in the adult?

What does a simple spirometer do?

What are the four standard lung volumes?

What are the four lung capacities?

What is a tidal volume? What is the average tidal volume of an adult breathing quietly?

How do you calculate total ventilation?

What is the inspiratory reserve volume
What is the normal amount?

What is expiratory reserve volume and what is the normal value?

How do you calculate expiratory reserve volume?

What is residual volume? What is the average volume?

What is a disease state that increases residual volume?

What is the purpose of residual volume?

What is total lung capacity?

What are the two components of total lung capacity?

What is the functional residual capacity? What is its usual measurement?

What is the purpose of functional residual capacity?

What happens if FRC becomes very low?

What is inspiratory capacity? How is it calculated?

What is the vital capacity? What is its usual volume?

What are some ways to calculate vital capacity?

What does vital capacity assess?

What factors increase vital capacity?

What factors decrease vital capacity?

What is FEV?

What percentage of vital capacity is FEV?

What lung volumes can spiromety measure?

What lung volumes can spirometry NOT measure?

What are the gas dilution techniques used to measure lung volumes?

What is the purpose of body plethysmography?

What is Boyle's Law?

How does body plethysmography work?

How is FRC different from the supine position from a standing position?

What is the closing volume?

What is the closing capacity?

When does CV and CC increase?

What is the normal closing capacity?

At what age does CC = FRC in the supine position?

How are closing capacity and FRC related in neonates?

What is increased closing capacity probably linked with?

What happens when lung volume is below CC?

What factors increase closing capacity?

What types of conditions will result in a decrease in physiologicaal 02 reserve, airway collapse, and atelectasis.

What is the nature of pleural pressure in non-dependent zones?

What is the nature of pleural pressures in dependent zones?

What is the first to close during active expiration?

What is closing volume?

What is ventilation?

What is anatomical deadspace?

What is anatomical headspace equal to?

How do you calculate physiologic deadspace?

What is deadspace?

What is the symbol for physiologic deadspace?

How do you calculate minute ventilation?

What is the normal value of minute ventilation?

What's another name for minute ventilation?

What is the symbol for minute ventilation?

What is alveolar ventilation?

What is the symbol for alveolar ventilation?

How do you calculate alveolar ventilation?

What is the relationship of alveolar ventilation to PaCO2?

What two factors are alveolar ventilation dependent on?

How much alveolar deadspace will a healthy person have?

About what percentage of every tidal volume is deadspace?

What does a significant arterial-alveolar CO2 difference indicate?

What situations cause V/Q Mismatch?

What is Fowler's Method?

What is Bohr's method?

How do the following affect anatomic deadspace:
1. Bronchoconstriction
2. Bronchodilation
3. Traction
4. compression of the airways