Ventilation and Perfusion Flashcards
What is the main function of the respiratory system?
What is ventilation?
What is perfusion?
What happens in the upper respiratory airways?
What happens in the lower respiratory tract?
What is the pulmonary capillary?
What is the difference between the bellows and gas exchange system?
What is pulmonary ventilation?
What is alveolar ventilation?
What is lung volume dependent on?
What is lung capacity related to?
What is the total or minute ventilation?
How can alveolar ventilation be calculated?
What is anatomical dead space?
What is physiological dead space?
What can V/Q mismatch cause?
How can physiological dead space be measured?
How can alveolar ventilation be calculated?
What is Fick’s Law?
What is the alveolar ventilation equation?
What is pressure and resistance like in the pulmonary circulation?
How can cardiac output be increased?
How can pulmonary blood flow be regulated?
What is hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction?
What is the relationship between ventilation and perfusion in the lungs?
What is the V/Q ratio?
What is the effect of perfusion on gravity?
What is the effect of gravity on ventilation?
What can cause V/Q variation?
