Explain how the pressure flow mechanism works and describe what it is used for

Q: Explain pulmonary elastic recoil in terms of surface tension and elastic fibres

A: Bounce back of the lungs after having been stretched by inhalation is called Elastic recoil. This…

Q: Describe transpulmonary pressure?

A: The lungs are known as the center of the respiratory or breathing system. Each cell of the body…

Q: A patient has a vital capacity of 4200 ml, a functional residual capacity of 5500 mł and expiratory…

A: Residual volume is the volume of the air in the lungs after maximum forceful expiration.Reference…

Q: Approximately how much of a forced expiratory maneuver is effort dependent?

A: In the human respiratory system, the forced expiratory flow or maneuver is considered the speed of…

Q: Compare and contrast tidal volume, vital capacity,expiratory reserve volume, and residual volume.

A: Respiration is a biochemical process of oxidation of organic compounds in an orderly manner for the…

Q: Differentiate between recruitment and distention in pulmonary arterial pressure changes?

A: The resistance offered against blood, as it flows from the pulmonary artery to the left atrium is…

Q: Explain the pressure flow theory.

A: The pressure flow theory is also known as mass flow theory explains the movement of sap through…

Q: Discuss the mechanisms of controlling cardiovascular pressures

A: Cardiovascular system includes blood, blood vessels, and heart. The cardiovascular system maintains…

Q: Define edema and describe how it develops.

A: Step 1 As the blood circulates all over the body's tissue, it leaves behind waste products such as…

Q: How a countercurrent flow becomes more beneficial than a concurrent flow in terms of response gas…

A: A biological phenomenon wherein a material is exchanged between fluids that are flowing in different…

Q: Discuss the types of cardiovascular pressures and their related calculations

A: Cardiovascular pressure is the pressure which after contraction of heart muscle which provides force…

Q: Define partial pressure, and explain how it iscalculated.

A: Gas is defined as a state of matter which has no fixed volume and fixed shaped. It has a lower…

Q: Diagram the control of autonomic outflow during exercise?

A: Exercise included reduction in cardiac parasympathetic activity and increase in sympathetic activity…

Q: Explain the pressure-flow hypothesis

A: Plants have specialized cells for the movement of water and food throughout the body. Xylem is…

Q: State Dalton’s law of partial pressures and Henry’s law.

A: During the 18th Century, scientists began to realize the relationship between volume, pressure and…

Q: What is the equation for mean arterial pressure?

A: The fluids that are produced in the body and either circulated within the body or secreted out are…

Q: Note in part (a) that the normal resting value on this pressure–frequency curve is on the steepest,…

A: The ability of an organism to control different physiological processes in order to maintain a…

Q: hich blood pressures below are considered abnormal and which are considered normal? 131/75

A: Blood pressure readings are expressed in millimeters of mercury, explain the force of circulating…

Q: Differentiate wall pressure and turgour pressure.

A: A cell is the fundamental unit of life. All living organisms are made up of one or many cells. Each…

Q: Describe the differences in wet suction vs. dry suction chest drainage systems.

A: Chest drainage system is device which is used to drain( blood , effusion ) which gets collected in…

Q: Describe Poiseuille’s law for airflow?

A: The respiratory tract resistance to airflow during the inhalation and exhalation is referred to as…

Q: Define preload and afterload. What is La place formula, how does arterial pressure affect afterload

A: The heart is the muscular organ that contracts and relaxes in order to circulate the blood…

Q: Why can we substitute MAP (mean arterial pressure) for delta P?

A: The mean arterial pressure (MAP) is an average blood pressure in an individual during a single…

Q: Why would someone have a higher than normal peak flow? A lower than normal peak flow? How does age…

A: The peak expiratory flow is a condition where a person's maximum speed of expiration is estimated to…

Q: Distinguish among tidal volume, inspiratory reservevolume, expiratory reserve volume, and residual…

A: Breathing involves 2 stages  1) Inspiration of oxygen  2) Expiration of carbon dioxide The movement…

Q: Name the blood vessels bringing blood into the pulmonarycirculation, and describe the blood in these…

A: Blood is a bodily fluid found in humans and other animals that transfers metabolic waste products…

Q: Define the term Normal Sinus Rhythm?

A: Heart and blood vessels form the cardiovascular system. Its main function is to transport oxygen,…

Q: Define inspiratory reserve volume (IRV)?

A: The quantities of air the lungs can receive, hold, or expel under different conditions are called…

Q: Know the three factors that alter ejection fraction (preload, afterload, and contractility)

A: The percentage of blood ejected from the left ventricle in a single contraction event is known as…