Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach (8th Edition)

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ISBN: 9780134605197

Author: Dee Unglaub Silverthorn

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 17.3, Problem 16CC

Explain the relationship between the lungs, the pleural membranes, the pleural fluid, and the thoracic cage.

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Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach (8th Edition)

Ch. 17.1 - What is the difference between cellular...Ch. 17.1 - Prob. 2CC Ch. 17.1 - Name the components (including muscles) of the...Ch. 17.1 - Which air passages of the respiratory system are...Ch. 17.1 - Cigarette smoking paralyzes cilia in the airways...Ch. 17.1 - Is blood flow through the pulmonary trunk greater...Ch. 17.1 - A person has left ventricular failure but normal...Ch. 17.1 - Calculate the mean pressure in a person whose...Ch. 17.2 - If nitrogen is 78% of atmospheric air, what is the...Ch. 17.2 - The partial pressure of water vapor in inspired...

Ch. 17.3 - How are lung volumes related to lung capacities?Ch. 17.3 - Which lung volume cannot be measured directly?Ch. 17.3 - Prob. 13CC Ch. 17.3 - As inhaled air becomes humidified passing down the...Ch. 17.3 - Compare the direction of air movement during one...Ch. 17.3 - Explain the relationship between the lungs, the...Ch. 17.3 - Scarlett OHara is trying to squeeze herself into a...Ch. 17.3 - Why would loss of the ability to cough increase...Ch. 17.3 - Prob. 19CC Ch. 17.3 - A stabbing victim is brought to the emergency room...Ch. 17.3 - In a normal person, which contributes more to the...Ch. 17.3 - Coal miners who spend years inhaling fine coal...Ch. 17.3 - How does the work required for breathing change...Ch. 17.3 - A cancerous lung tumor has grown into the walls of...Ch. 17.3 - Prob. 25CC Ch. 17.3 - Prob. 26CC Ch. 17.3 - Restrictive lung diseases decrease lung...Ch. 17.3 - Chronic obstructive lung disease causes patients...Ch. 17 - List four functions of the respiratory system.Ch. 17 - Give two definitions for the word respiration.Ch. 17 - Which sets of muscles are used for normal quiet...Ch. 17 - Give two functions of pleural fluid.Ch. 17 - Name the anatomical structures that an oxygen...Ch. 17 - Diagram the structure of an alveolus, and state...Ch. 17 - Trace the path of the pulmonary circulation. About...Ch. 17 - What happens to inspired air as it is conditioned...Ch. 17 - During inspiration, most of the thoracic volume...Ch. 17 - Prob. 10RQ Ch. 17 - Refer to the spirogram in the following figure: a....Ch. 17 - Of the three factors that contribute to the...Ch. 17 - Prob. 13RQ Ch. 17 - What is the function of surfactants in general? In...Ch. 17 - Prob. 15RQ Ch. 17 - Prob. 16RQ Ch. 17 - Prob. 17RQ Ch. 17 - Compile the following terms into a map of...Ch. 17 - Decide whether each of the following parameters...Ch. 17 - Prob. 20RQ Ch. 17 - The cartoon coyote is blowing up a balloon in...Ch. 17 - Match the descriptions to the appropriate phase(s)...Ch. 17 - Draw and label a graph showing the PO2 of air in...Ch. 17 - Prob. 24RQ Ch. 17 - Prob. 25RQ Ch. 17 - A student breathes at a rate of 20 breaths/min,...Ch. 17 - Prob. 27RQ Ch. 17 - Prob. 28RQ Ch. 17 - Assume a normal female has a resting tidal volume...Ch. 17 - Prob. 30RQ Ch. 17 - Prob. 31RQ Ch. 17 - Prob. 32RQ Ch. 17 - Prob. 33RQ Ch. 17 - Prob. 34RQ Ch. 17 - Prob. 35RQ Ch. 17 - Prob. 36RQ

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