Spirometry

Question 1

Inspiration reserve volume

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Tidal volume

Answer 2

Volume of air that moves in and out of the lungs with each resting breath ( about 500cm3 %15)

Question 3

Residual volume

Answer 3

Volume of air that is left in your lungs when you have exhaled as hard as possible.
Cannot be removed otherwise lungs would collapse

Question 4

Expiratory reserve volume

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Total lung capacity

Answer 5

Sum of the vital capacity and residual volume

Question 6

Vital capacity

Answer 6

The volume of air the can be breathed in when the strongest possible exhalation is followed by the deepest intake of breath

Question 7

What type of function is spirometry

Answer 7

Pulmonary

Question 8

What type of condition could a spirometry test asses

Answer 8

Asthma

Pulmonary fibrosis