Compliance — Flashcards

What equation may be used to calculate the capacitance of a blood vessel?_____

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

What is the effect of pneumonia on lung compliance?_____

What is the effect of emphysema on lung compliance?_____

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

_____ is the force generated due to the tendency for the lungs to collapse inward and the chest wall to spring outward

The reduction of respiratory compliance in obesity is in part due to a reduction in _____ compliance due to microatelactasis

The intermolecular forces between liquid molecules lining the lung are much _____ than the forces between liquid and air

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

Pulse pressure is _____ proportional to arterial compliance