DLA Airflow/airways acronyms/definitions Flashcards
EPP
equal pressure point= when pressure inside the airway is equal to pressure outside
PTM
transmural pressure gradient
PTA
TAP trans airway pressure gradient
PTP
transpulmonary pressure gradient
PIP
intrapleural pressure
PA
alveolar pressure
TLC
total lung capacity
PEF
peak expiratory flow
FEV1
forced expiratory flow in 1 second
RV
where you can’t exhale anymore difference residual volume
what does the effort dependent portion of the graph depend on?
velocity and force of contraction
elastic recoil of lung and airway patency
what is the effort independent portion due to?
elastic recoil lung airway resistance (EPP=equal pressure point) dynamic compression and airway resistance with lung volume
what occurs to resistance and flow in dynamic compression?
flow is limited and resistance is increased as interpleural pressure increases
= results in effort independence of the flow-volume loop
pleura presser is _____ during forced expiration
positive
as lung volume declines, resistance_____ due to decrease in structural support at low lung volumes
increases