What are the information you can get from Respiratory Quotient (RQ)?

Q: Illustrate and label the wave diagram of pulmonary volumes and capacities with the following format:…

A: INTRODUCTION:                                                             Lung volumes and their…

Q: List two important Transmural Pressures of the Respiratory System?

A: Transmural Pressure is defined as the difference in Pressure between the Intravascular Pressure and…

Q: Explain how a change in lung dimensions causes a change in alveolar pressure?

A: The human body is a well built machine in which all the organs coordinate together to make it work.…

Q: What are the factors that affect lung compliance?

A: The lung compliance is defined as the volume change per unit of pressure change across the lung. It…

Q: What measurement in addition to vital capacity is needed before you can calculate your total lung…

A: Breathing is the movement of air from outside the body through the bronchial tree and into the…

Q: Explain how each of the following factors affects pulmonary ventilation: airway resistance,…

A: Breathing(pulmonary ventilation) is described as the movement of air between the atmosphere and the…

Q: Explain how the mechanisms of inspiration and expiration occur.

A: Inspiration is active process  Expiration is passive process

Q: List the structures of the respiratory system

A: The structures of respiratory system are : Nose Mouth Throat Voice box Windpipe Bronchi Lungs

Q: List and identify the functions of the chemoreceptors that contribute to the control of breathing.

A: Chemoreceptors are  sensory receptor that receives signals which are transmitted to the brain for…

Q: List the factors that control the inflation and deflation of the lungs?

A: Inflation and deflation of lungs explains the movement of lungs during the inspiration and…

Q: What distinguishes lung capacities, as a group, from lung volumes?

A: Air which is present in the lungs is measured as lung volumes and lung capacities.

Q: Which are the Two Important Transmural Pressures of the Respiratory System?

A: Two important transmural pressures of the respiratory system are: PL Pcw

Q: Define the term Lung Volumes?

A: Respiration is a biochemical process of oxidation of organic compounds in an orderly manner for the…

Q: Contrast the processes of inspiration and expiration during ventilation.

A: Respiration is the oxygen movement from the outside environment to the tissues and cells of the…

Q: What factors determine lung compliance? Which is most important?

A: The respiratory framework is the organisation of organs and tissues that help you relax. It…

Q: Explain what determines the rate and depth of breathing

A: The movement of air in or out of the lungs also called pulmonary ventilation or breathing. The two…

Q: Describe and identify the values for the respiratory volumes and the respiratory capacities?

A: Respiration is a biochemical process of oxidation of organic compounds in an orderly manner for the…

Q: Explain how changes in thoracic and lung volumes and lung pressures result in pulmonary ventilation

A: Pulmonary ventilation or in simpler terms the process of breathing takes place in our body  to…

Q: How can the depth of breathing be measured accurately?

A: Breathing, also known as ventilation refers to the process of moving the air in and out of the lungs…

Q: Define the ventilation-perfusion ratio?

A: Respiration is the process in which oxygen in the air is inhaled and carbon dioxide in the body is…

Q: As the diameters of the respiratory airways decrease, which of the following is observed?

A: Every cellular system works so efficiently because they have a back proof plan if anything goes…

Q: Give any three differences between External respiration and Internal respiration?

A: External respiration: It is commonly known as breathing and occurs in lungs where oxygen diffuses…

Q: explain the relative roles of the respiratory muscles and lung elasticity in producing the volume…

A: Pulmonary ventilation is defined as the process of breathing that is governed by atmospheric…

Q: What is Respiratory Exchange Ratio?

A: Respiratory Exchange Ratio is only reliable for estimating RQ while rest and mild to moderate…

Q: Calculate the ATPs formed during the whole respiratory process?

A: Respiration is considered the key process that takes place in all living cells to generate energy…

Q: Describe the overall ventilationperfusion ratio in the normalupright lung?

A: Ventilation (V) refers to the air that reaches the alveoli. Perfusion (Q) refers to the blood that…

Q: List the factors that stimulate the Peripheral Chemoreceptors?

A: Peripheral chemoreceptors (carotid and aorta bodies) detect variations in artery blood oxygen and…

Q: Explain how pressure gradients are established and result in pulmonary ventilation.

A: Breathing is defined as the passage of air into and out of the lungs, which is referred to as…