3.1.1 e tidal volume vital capacity, breathing rate and oxygen uptake

Question 1

breathing rate

Answer 1

number of breaths taken per minute

Question 2

what is a peak flow meter?

Answer 2

measures the rate at which air can be expelled from the lungs

Question 3

what is a vitalograph?

Answer 3

patient breathes out as quickly as they can through a mouth piece and the instrument produces a graph of the amount of air breathed out and how quickly it is breathed out.
volume of air called the forced expiratory volume in one second.

Question 4

what is a spirometer?

Answer 4

used to measure different aspects of lung volume or to investigate breathing patterns

Question 5

what is tidal volume?

Answer 5

volume of air that moves into and out of your lungs with each resting breath

Question 6

what is vital capacity?

Answer 6

maximum volume of air that is breathed in after the strongest possible exhalation which is followed by the deepest possible intake of breath

Question 7

what is residual volume?

Answer 7

volume of air left in your lungs after the strongest possible exhalation, cannot be measured directly

Question 8

what is the inspiratory reserve volume?

Answer 8

maximum volume of air you can breathe in over and above a normal inhalation

Question 9

what is expiratory reserve volume?

Answer 9

extra amount of air you can force out of your lungs over and above the normal tidal volume of air you breathe out

Question 10

what is your total lung capacity?

Answer 10

sum of vital capacity and residual volume

Question 11

what is the ventilation rate?

Answer 11

total volume of air inhaled in one minute

Question 12

how do you work out ventilation rate?

Answer 12

tidal volume x breathing rate (per minute)