What is the chloride shift?

Q: What physiologic compensations are available forchronic hypoxia due to respiratory impairmentand for…

A: Hypoxia It is the condition that describes the state of inadequate oxygen availability at tissue…

Q: What is a functional syncytium?

A: It is also involved in the removal of waste products from the body. It has three components: blood,…

Q: What changes stimulate the peripheral chemoreceptors?

A: Answer: Introduction: Peripheral chemoreceptors present in the carotid and aortic bodies; it means…

Q: What neuromuscular disorders are associated with reduced lung compliance?

A: Lung compliance It is the ability of lungs to stretch and expand.  Normal adult lung compliance…

Q: What is airway resistance proportional to?

A: The human body is a well built machine in which all the organs coordinate together to make it work.…

Q: What is expiratory reserve volume (ERV)?

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

Q: Expand the term NHC?

A: In eukaryotes, apart from histone proteins, additional set of proteins are required for packing of…

Q: What are Chemoreceptors?

A: There are different kinds of sensory receptors present in our body that help us in the perception of…

Q: What is Positive-Pressure Ventilation?

A: Ventilation is defined as the process of exchange of air between the lungs and the atmosphere…

Q: WhenTurbulent does gas flow occur?

A: Answer: Introduction:Turbulence or turbulent flow is fluid movement considered by disorganized…

Q: What are the assigned values for barometric air pressureand for intra-alveolar pressure?

A: Barometric air pressure (PB) is the atmospheric air pressure outside the body. Air pressure in the…

Q: How does pneumonia cause hypoxia?

A: Pneumonia is a disease of the lungs that may be generated by pathogens (bacteria, viruses, or…

Q: Which chemicals stimulate peripheral chemoreceptors?

A: Peripheral chemoreceptors are those chemoreceptors that are present in both the aortic and carotid…

Q: How does the Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio affect the Alveolar Gases?

A: The phenomenon of gas exchange occurs in the lungs ,precisely in the alveoli, between alveolar air…

Q: What are chemoreceptors? Where are they located?

A: Chemoreceptors-It is a special type of sensory receptor cells which change a chemical materials (…

Q: How do elevated carbon dioxide levels alter serum pH andrespiratory pattern?

A: When carbon dioxide mixes with water it forms carbonic acid. As carbon dioxide travels through the…

Q: Can Voluntary hyperventilation prolong the duration of a breath-hold dive? How?

A: Voluntary hyperventilation can be defined as the increase in the respiratory rate by establishing…

Q: What are the leak channels?

A: Cell membranes are composed of the phospholipid bilayer.

Q: Describe Poiseuille’s law for airflow?

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

Q: What is hyperventilation

A: The human body consists of various systems one such system is the respiratory system that includes…

Q: What is Respiratory Exchange Ratio?

A: Respiratory Exchange Ratio is only reliable for estimating RQ while rest and mild to moderate…

Q: What is the normal rate of breathing?

A: Breathing is a physical process of inhaling oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide. Respiration is the…

Q: What factors lead to increased compliance?

A: Compliance is defined as change in volume by per unit change in pressure

Q: Define inspiratory reserve volume (IRV)?

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

Q: How do the lungs compensate for acid–base imbalances caused by altered levels of metabolic acids?

A: Introduction :- Buffers, respiration, and renal processes are among the compensatory systems that…

Q: What is hypoxia?

A: Sometimes a body do not get enough oxygen and It can be due to two conditions :- 1) Hypoxemia  2 )…