Chest wall compliance — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The reduction of respiratory compliance in obesity is in part due to a reduction in _____ compliance, due to increased weight

Answer: chest wall

Flashcard 2: The compliance of the lungs and chest wall is _____ proportional to the wall stiffness

Answer: inversely

Flashcard 3: A lung with _____ compliance is harder to fill

Answer: low

Flashcard 4: Lung compliance may be calculated by the equation C = _____

Answer: V/P

Flashcard 5: What is the effect of normal aging on chest wall compliance?_____

Answer: Decreased compliance

Flashcard 6: The compliance of the lung-chest wall system is _____ than that of the lungs or chest wall alone

Answer: less

Flashcard 7: What is the function of elastin?

Answer: give stretchy property to different tissues

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

Answer: ΔV/ΔP

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Flashcard 9: To compensate for reduced lung compliance, obese patients have _____-_____ breathing

Answer: rapid

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Flashcard 10: During expiration, the slope of the pressure-volume loop _____ as the density of surfactant molecules rapidly _____

Answer: increases

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