Compliance — Flashcards

Flashcard 31: Diastolic dysfunction (heart failure) occurs due to decreased _____ leading to ↑ LVEDP

Answer: compliance

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Flashcard 32: In mechanically ventilated patients, plateau pressure is equal to the sum of _____ and _____

Answer: elastic pressure

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Flashcard 33: What paradoxically improves with otosclerosis? _____

Answer: Speech discrimination in noisy environments

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Flashcard 34: The knee jerk reflex tests spinal nerves _____

Answer: L2-L4

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Flashcard 35: Diffuse esophageal spasm is caused by strong, _____ contractions of the esophageal body

Answer: non-peristaltic

Flashcard 36: The _____ of the basilar membrane is wide and flexible

Answer: apex

Flashcard 37: The frequency of slow waves in the ileum is _____ waves/minute

Answer: 8 - 9

Flashcard 38: Lung _____ describes the change in lung volume for a given change in lung pressure

Answer: compliance

Flashcard 39: The slope (compliance) of the pressure-volume loop curves for inspiration and expiration are different due to a phenomenom known as _____

Answer: hysteresis

Flashcard 40: The _____ muscle is responsible for volume modulation.

Answer: stapedius