Problem 1: What is respiratory minute volume (VE) and how is it calculated? What is alveolar ventilation (VA) and how is it calculated? How do the two volumes differ?
Problem 2: A spirometer is used to measure lung volumes and capacities during rest and activity. Define the following volumes and capacities;
a) Resting tidal volume:
b) Residual volume:
c) Vital capacity:
d) Total lung capacity:
e) Which volumes are combined to make one's vital capacity?
Problem 3) Pulmonary fibrosis & lung compliance.
a) Define lung compliance:
b) If pulmonary fibrosis causes your lungs to stiffen and makes breathing more and more difficult, how would pulmonary fibrosis affect the compliance of the lung tissue?
c) How would the vital capacity of a person with pulmonary fibrosis differ from that of a normal person?