Problem:
Question 1: State whether increasing the amount of oxygen in inhaled air increased, decreased, or did not change minute ventilation from normal.
Question 2: What is the minute ventilation when inhaled air contains 16% oxygen?
Question 3: State whether increasing the amount of oxygen in inhaled air increased, decreased, or did not change arterial pCO2 from normal.
Question 4: What is the arterial pCO2 when inhaled air contains 16% oxygen?
Question 5: State whether increasing the amount of oxygen in inhaled air increased, decreased, or did not change arterial pO2 from normal.
Question 6: What is the arterial pO2 when inhaled air contains 16% oxygen?
Question 7: State whether increasing the amount of oxygen in inhaled air increased, decreased, or did not change plasma pH from normal.
Question 8: What is the arterial pH when inhaled air contains 16% oxygen?
Provide a brief explanation for your answer.