Introduction

• Main Author: OpenStax College
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: vital capacity; visceral pleura; Ventricaria ventricosa; ventilation/perfusion; venous P_(O_2 ); venous P_(CO_2 ); tracheal system; trachea; total lung capacity; tidal volume; thoracic cavity; therapod; thalassemia; terminal bronchiole; surfactant; spirometry; smooth muscle; sickle cell anemia; Robert Boyle; restrictive disease; respiratory therapist; respiratory rate; respiratory quotient; respiratory distress syndrome; respiratory bronchiole; resistance; residual volume; recruitment; primary bronchus; pleurisy; pleura; physiological shunt; physiological dead space; pharynx; particulate matter; partial pressure; oxygen-carrying capacity; oxygen dissociation curve; oxygen; outward recoil; obstructive disease; nasal cavity; mucus; mucin; Muc protein; maximal exhalation; main bronchus; lung volume; lung capacity; larynx; intrapleural space; intercostal muscle; inspiratory reserve volume; inspiratory capacity; inhalation; hemoglobin; heme group; gills; gas pressure; gas exchange; gas equation; functional vital capacity; functional residual capacity; forced vital capacity; forced expiratory volume; flow-resistive; flatworm; FEV1/FVC ratio; expiratory reserve volume; exhalation; elastic work; elastic recoil; direct diffusion; diffusion; diaphragm; dead space; concentration gradient; compliance; cilia; chloride shift; chitin; cartilage; carbonic anhydrase; carbonic acid intermediate; carbon monoxide; carbon dioxide; carbaminohemoglobin; bronchus; bronchiole; bronchi; Boyle’s Law; bicarbonate buffer system; bicarbonate; asthma; anatomical shunt; anatomical dead space; alveolus; alveoli; alveolar ventilation; alveolar sac; alveolar P_(O_2 ); alveolar duct; air sac; acinus; acini; Sickle; Carbonic acid
• Online Access: http://cnx.org/content/m44790/1.2