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Published 01/14/2024  The tidal volume is the total amount of new air moved into the respiratory passages each minute A. True B. False
Published 01/14/2024  To cause an inward flow of air into the alveoli during inspiration, the pressure in the alveoli must fall to a value slightly below atmospheric …
Published 01/14/2024 The residual volume is the maximum extra volume of air that can be expired by forceful expiration after the end of a normal tidal expiration.A. TrueB.…
Published 01/14/2024  The pulmonary vital capacity is decreased during water immersion at the neck level.A. TrueB. False
Published 01/14/2024 The spirometer cannot be used in a direct way to measure the functional residual capacity.A. TrueB. False
Published 01/14/2024 Surfactant is secreted by special epithelial cells called type I alveolar epithelial cells, which constitute about 10 percent of the surface area of t…
Published 01/14/2024 7) The most important components of surfactant are the phospholipid dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine, surfactant apoproteins, and calcium ions.A. TrueB…
Published 01/14/2024  Transpulmonary pressure is the pressure difference between that in the alveoli and that on the outer surfaces of the lungs.A. TrueB. False
Published 01/14/2024  Functional residual capacity equals the expiratory reserve volume plus the tidal volume.A. TrueB. False
Published 01/14/2024 The extent to which the lungs will expand for each unit increase in transpulmonary pressure (ifenough time is allowed to reach equilibrium) is called …
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