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LUNG PHYSIOLOGY

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

WHAT DOES THE RESPIRATORY MEMBRANE CONSIST OF

Back (Answer)

AN ENDOTHELIAN CELL AND T1 ALVEOLAR CELL (SQUAMOUS EPI)

#2
Front (Question)

WHAT IS A TYPE 1 ALVEOLAR CELL

Back (Answer)

SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM

#3
Front (Question)

WHAT IS A TYPE 2 ALVEOLAR CELL

Back (Answer)

CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM

#4
Front (Question)

WHAT DOES A TYPE 2 ALVEOLAR CELL SECRETE

Back (Answer)

SURFACTANT

#5
Front (Question)

WHAT DOES SURFACTANT DO

Back (Answer)

REDUCE SURFACE TENSION OF ALVEROLAR FLUID

#6
Front (Question)

WHAT IS PULMONARY VENTILATION

Back (Answer)

INSPIRATION AND EXPIRATION

#7
Front (Question)

WHAT IS EXTERNAL RESPIRATION

Back (Answer)

GAS EXCHANGE AT RESPIRATORY MEMBRANE

#8
Front (Question)

WHAT IS INTRAPULMONARY PRESSURE

Back (Answer)

PRESSURE WITHIN THE ALVEOLI

#9
Front (Question)

WHAT IS INTRAPLEURAL PRESSURE

Back (Answer)

PRESSURE WITHIN THE PLEURAL CAVITY

#10
Front (Question)

IS THE PRESSURE OF THE PLEURAL CAVITY + or -

Back (Answer)

ALWAYS NEGATIVE

#11
Front (Question)

WHAT DOES THE NEGATIVE INTRAPLEURAL PRESSURE HELP WITH

Back (Answer)

TO COUPLE LUNG EXPANSION WITH MOVEMENT OF THORACIC CAGE, STICK PLEURA TO THORACIC WALL

#12
Front (Question)

WHAT IS THE TRANSPULMONARY PRESSURE

Back (Answer)

TEH DIFFERENT BETWEEN INTRAPLEURAL AND INTRAPLUMONARY PRESSURE

#13
Front (Question)

WHAT DOES 1 CYCLE OF VENTILATION CONSIST OF

Back (Answer)

1 INHALATION AND 1 EXHALATION

#14
Front (Question)

WHAT IS THE PRINCIPAL OF BOYLES LAW

Back (Answer)

WHEN THE SAME AMOUNT OF GAS IS SHOVED INTO A SMALLER SPACE THE VOLUME DECREASED BUTTHE PRESSURE INCREASES AND VICE VERSA

#15
Front (Question)

WHAT MM ARE ACCESSORIES TO RESPIRATION

Back (Answer)

SCALENES, SCM, PEC MINOR, SERRATUS ANTERIOR

#16
Front (Question)

WHAT IS FORCED INSPIRATION

Back (Answer)

ACCESSORY MM HELPING TO INCREASE THORACIC VOLUME

#17
Front (Question)

AIR ALWAYS FLOWS FROM AN AREA OF …. PRESSURE TO … PRESSURE

Back (Answer)

HIGH TO LOW

#18
Front (Question)

WHAT ARE THE PHYSICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING VENTILATION

Back (Answer)

LUNG COMPLIANCE (ABILITY TO STRETCH) AIRWAY RESISTANCE (airway diameter)

#19
Front (Question)

WHAT DETERMINES AIREAY DIAMETER

Back (Answer)

AND - BRONCHOCONTRICTING OR BRONCHODILATION OF THE BRONCHIOLES

#20
Front (Question)

WHAT HAPPENS WITH AN OBSTRUCTIVE DISEASE

Back (Answer)

INCREASED RESISTANCE TO AIRFLOW

#21
Front (Question)

WHAT ARE EXAMPLES FO AN OBSTRUCTIVE DISEASE

Back (Answer)

ASTHMA COPD`

#22
Front (Question)

WHAT DOES AN OBSTRUCTIVE DISEASE PREDISPOSE YOU TO

Back (Answer)

HYPERINFLATION

#23
Front (Question)

WHAT IS ARESTRIVTIVE DISEASE

Back (Answer)

DECREASED ABILITY OF TEH LUNGS TO EXPAND

#24
Front (Question)

WHAT ARE EXAMNPLES OF A RESTRICTIVE DISEASE

Back (Answer)

INTRINSIC - PNEUMONIA, PULMONARY FIBROSIS, LUNG CANCER EXTRINSIC - PLEURAL EFFUSION, OBESITY, SCOLIOSIS, KYPHOSIS, RIB INJURIES, NEUROMM DISEASE