Jone's Respiratory Mechanics (Mayson's set)

Lung tissue is very ___ and wants to be small.

• Compliant

• Elastic

• Lazy

• Stretchy

The Elastic recoil of the chest wall tries to pull the chest wall____.

• inward

• Outward

• Down

• Up

what is the Functional Residual Capacity (FRC)?

• The full amount of air your lungs can hold

• The air in the lungs after an exhale

  About 2.5L

• The air in the lungs after a full inhalation

  About 2.5L

• The air in the lungs at rest.

  About 2.5L

Match the following

• Alveolar Pressure

• Intrapleural pressure

• Atmospheric pressure

• Transpulmonary pressure

What does it mean if there is NO flow between the atmosphere and the lungs?

Which of the following are true for Boyle's Law?

What will a positive Alveolar Pressure do to the airflow of the lungs?

• Air will move into the lungs

• Air will move out of the lungs

• There will be no net movement

What will a negative Alveolar pressure do to the airflow in the lungs?

• Air will move out of the lungs

• Air will move into the lungs

• No net movement of the air

SATA. Which of the following are KEY events for Inhaling?

• Volume in alveoli increases

  And their pressure decreases

• Air flows into the alveoli and fills the lungs

• The pressure in the alveoli increases and the volume decreases.

SATA: Which of the following are KEY events for exhaling?

• Pressure in alveoli increases and the volume decreases.

• Air flows out

• Air flows in