Respiratory System — Flashcards

The ventral respiratory group contributes to the extra respiratory drive (_____ mechanism)

A deep breath _____ the secretion of surfactant by stretching the type II cells.

Time taken by a red cell is about _____ seconds to traverse the pulmonary capillaries at rest

Preoxygenation is the process of replacing _____ in the lungs with oxygen.

The normal value of physiological shunt is _____%

Peripheral chemoreceptors are stimulated maximally by _____ levels

The upper limit for the linear relationship between increase in % of CO2 in inspired air and respiratory minute volume is _____% of alveolar PCO2.

Approximately _____ mL of water is lost in expired air every 24 hours

If lung is allowed to undergo elastic recoil without the chest wall, the resultant volume of the lung would be _____.

Complete sheet of mucus is cleared into the pharynx every _____ min.