Phys- Ventilation/Lung Volumes Flashcards
5 steps of respiration
- Ventilation
- Diffusion of O2 and CO2 between alveoli and pulmonary capillaries
- Transport of O2 and CO2 through pulmonary and systemic circulations via bulk flow (high to low pressure)
- Diffusion of O2 and CO2 between blood and tissue
- Cell utilization of O2 and production of CO2
Tidal volume:
Definition and normal value
Volume of air inhaled and exhaled in one breath
500 ml
Equation Vt
Vt = volume in alveoli + volume in airways
IRV:
Definition and normal value
Max volume that can be inspired in addition to tidal volume
3 L
ERV:
Definition and normal value
Max volume that can expired in addition to tidal vol
1.2 L
Residual volume
Definition and normal value
Volume in lungs after max expiration
1.2 L
FRC:
Definition and normal value
What’s left in lungs after NORMAL Vt; “equilibrium volume”
2.5 L
FRC equation
ERV + RV
1.2L + 1.2L = 2.4L
VC:
Definition and normal value
Volume expired after max inspiration
4.7 L
VC equation
IC + ERV
Vt + IRV + ERV
IC:
Definition and normal value
The maximal volume that can be inspired
3.5L
IC equation
Vt + IRV
0.5+3 = 3.5L
TLC:
Definition and normal value
All air in lungs
6 L
TLC equation
VC + RV
Vt + IRV + ERV + RV = 0.5 + 3 + 1.2 + 1.2 = 6L
FVC:
Definition and normal value
Volume of air forcibly exhaled after max inspiration
5 L
FVC equation
Vt + ERV + IRV
0.5 + 1.2 + 3 = 4.7 L
FEV1:
Definition and normal value
Volume of air forcibly expired in 1 sec
80% of FRC (2.5L), so 2L
Three lung volumes/capacities NOT measured by spirometry
RV, FRC, TLC
(RV is the air left after max expiration, so it can’t be measured. Since RV is a component of TLC and FRC, they can’t be measured either)
2 methods to measure RV, TLC, and FRC
He dilution and body plethysmography
FEV1/FRC > 80%
Restrictive lung disease (can’t get air in so FRC decreases»_space; FEV1)
FEV1/FRC < 80%
Obstructive lung disease (can’t get air out, so FEV1 decreases»_space; FRC)
What is anatomic dead space? Normal volume?
Conducting airways where no gas exchange occurs due to lack of alveoli; 150 ml