Altered compliance in disease states — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What is the effect of normal aging on lung compliance?_____

Answer: Increased compliance

Flashcard 2: A lung with _____ compliance is easier to fill

Answer: high

Flashcard 3: What is the effect of pulmonary fibrosis on lung compliance?_____

Answer: Decreased compliance

Flashcard 4: The compliance of the lungs and chest wall is _____ proportional to their elastance

Answer: inversely

Flashcard 5: The reduction of respiratory compliance in obesity is in part due to a reduction in _____ compliance, due to increased weight

Answer: chest wall

Flashcard 6: What is the effect of emphysema on lung compliance?_____

Answer: Increased compliance

Flashcard 7: What is the effect of pulmonary edema on lung compliance?_____

Answer: Decreased compliance

Flashcard 8: Lung compliance may be calculated by the equation C = _____

Answer: V/P

Flashcard 9: What is the function of elastin?

Answer: give stretchy property to different tissues

Flashcard 10: Lung compliance may be calculated by the equation C = _____

Answer: ΔV/ΔP

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