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Decks in this class (12)

Respiratory 1- Respiratory Physiology Lecture
What are the functions of the res...,
Why do we breathe,
What is the respiratory system re...
33  cards
Respiratory Physiology 2.1-Anatomy of Pleural cavity
What is the pleural cavity,
What is average total volume of l...,
How full are lungs when breathing...
26  cards
Respiratory Physiology 2.2-mechanisms of breathing
What is boyle s law,
What is dalton s law,
What is charles law
30  cards
Respiratory Physiology 2.3- Surfactant and Compliance
What are the alveolar wall cell t...,
Give characteristics of surfactant,
How does surface tension occur
22  cards
Respiratory Physiology 3.1- Alveolar Ventilation vs Pulmonary ventilation
Is anatomical dead space volume f...,
What does the term ventilation mean,
What two ways can ventilation be ...
25  cards
Respiratory Physiology 3.2- Diffusion of gases between alveoli and blood
What is the function of the pulmo...,
What is the function of the pulmo...,
How is pulmonary circulation diff...
27  cards
Respiratory Physiology 3.3- Common lung pathologies affecting diffusion
1  cards
Respiratory Physiology 3.4- lung function tests and common lung conditions
Obstructive vs restrictive lung d...,
Why are obstructive lung disorder...,
Give examples of obstructive lung...
28  cards
Respiratory Physiology 4.1-Ventilation: perfusion relationship
What does ventilation refer to,
What does perfusion refer to,
Where is most ventilation and per...
24  cards
Respiratory Physiology 4.2- Gas transport in the Blood
What are the two forms that oxyge...,
How much oxygen travels in plasma...,
How much oxygen in whole blood an...
42  cards
Respiratory Physiology 4.3- Additional material on oxygen carriage in blood
State the differences between par...,
What are the values assigned to t...,
Why is partial pressure of oxygen...
16  cards
Respiratory Physiology 5.1- Chemoreceptors
Control of ventilation:
36  cards

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