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1
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What is boyle’s law?

A

Volume changes lead to pressure changes which lead to the flow of gases

2
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What leads to the flow of gases?

A

Volume changes, which then cause pressure changes

3
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What is the number one rule with gasses?

A

Gasses always fill their container

4
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What way does the diaphragm move?

A

Inferiorly

5
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What lifts the ribcage?

A

Intercostal muscles

6
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What do the intercostal muscles do?

A

They lift the ribcage

7
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What decreases during inspiration?

A

Pressure decreases

8
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When does pressure decrease?

A

During inspiration

9
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How does expiration work?

A

The lung’s elasticity cause it to happen

10
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What does the lungs elasticity do?

A

It causes expiration

11
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What is the process of respiration?

A

Pulmonary ventilation, external respiration, transport of respiratory gases, internal respiration

12
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What are the parts of the pharynx?

A

Nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharynx

13
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What is inspiratory reserve volume?

A

The absolute most air you can inhale

14
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What is the absolute most air you can inhale called?

A

Inspiratory reserve volume

15
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What is the absolute most air you can exhale called?

A

Vital capacity

16
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What is vital capacity?

A

The absolute most air you can inhale

17
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What is residual volume?

A

The amount of air you normally breathe in

18
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What is the amount of air you can’t get rid of called?

A

Residual volume

19
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What is total lung capacity?

A

The vital capacity plus ***

20
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What is airway resistance?

A

Friction versus the cross sectional area

21
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What is friction versa the cross sectional area called?

A

Airway resistance

22
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What does alveolar surface tension do?

A

It tries to decrease alveolar size

23
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What tries to decrease alveolar size?

A

Alveolar surface tension

24
Q

What prevents lung collapse?

A

Surfactant

25
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What does surfactant do?

A

It prevents lung collapse

26
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What is lung compliance?

A

The stretchiness of the lungs

27
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What is the stretchiness of the lungs called?

A

Lung compliance

28
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What does lung compliance cause?

A

The detensibility of tissue and AST

29
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What causes the detensibility of tissue and AST?

A

Lung compliance

30
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Describe pleurae

A

A thin, double-layered serosa

31
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What are the two types of pleurae?

A

Parietal and visceral

32
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What is in the pleurae?

A

The pleural cavity and fluid

33
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What does fluid in the pleurae do?

A

It prevents separation

34
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What prevents lug separation?

A

The fluid of the pleurae