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| Gas exchange between blood and air |
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| Gas exchange between blood and cells |
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| Oxygen utilization and CO2 production at cellular level. |
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| Respiratory adjustments to altitude. Higher altitude, faster breathing and more red blood cells. Lower altitude, slower breathing and less red blood cells. |
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| Reduce surface tension preventing collapse of alveoli |
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| 1200ml, air left in the lungs after strenuous expiration |
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| Total amount of exchangeable air (TV+IRV+ERV) |
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| Total Lung Capacity (TLC) |
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| 6000ml, sum of all lung volumes |
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| Diaphragm contracts. Volume increases and pressure decreases below atmospheric pressure. |
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| Diaphragm relaxes. Volume decreases and pressure increases above atmospheric pressure. |
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| Airway, moistens, warms, filters and cleans air. |
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| Attached to hyoid bone. Airway, rout air and food to proper channels, voice production. |
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| Airway, mucous lining filters particles, goes from larynx to mediastinum. Flexible. |
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| Primary bronchi subdivide into secondary, each supplying a lobe of the lungs |
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| Left one, 2 lobes separate by oblique fissure. Right one, 3 lobes by oblique and horizontal fissures. |
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