ventilation and perfusion Flashcards

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alveolar deadspace

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alveolus is ventilated but not perfused
there is potential for exchange but due to some pathological or physiological condition pulmonary blood flow is curtailed
Physiological deadspace:
the sum of anatomical and alveolar deadspace

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