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Ventilation and Perfusion Flashcards

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What is the main function of the respiratory system?

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What is ventilation?

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What is perfusion?

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What happens in the upper respiratory airways?

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What happens in the lower respiratory tract?

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What is the pulmonary capillary?

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What is the difference between the bellows and gas exchange system?

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What is pulmonary ventilation?

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What is alveolar ventilation?

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What is lung volume dependent on?

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What is lung capacity related to?

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What is the total or minute ventilation?

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How can alveolar ventilation be calculated?

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What is anatomical dead space?

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What is physiological dead space?

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What can V/Q mismatch cause?

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17
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How can physiological dead space be measured?

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How can alveolar ventilation be calculated?

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What is Fick’s Law?

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20
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What is the alveolar ventilation equation?

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21
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What is pressure and resistance like in the pulmonary circulation?

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How can cardiac output be increased?

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How can pulmonary blood flow be regulated?

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What is hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction?

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What is the relationship between ventilation and perfusion in the lungs?

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What is the V/Q ratio?

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What is the effect of perfusion on gravity?

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What is the effect of gravity on ventilation?

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What can cause V/Q variation?

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