PAO2
partial pressure of oxygen in alveolar chambers
a-VO2diff
difference between oxygen carried in arterial blood and carried in mixed-venous blood
PaCO2
partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide
PvCO2
partial pressure of venous carbon dioxide
PVO2
mixed venous oxygen partial pressure
SaO2%
saturation of oxygen in arterial blood
PaO2
partial pressure of arterial oxygen
VA
alveolar ventailation
VE
minute ventilation
VD
dead space ventilation
(A-a)PO2diff
alveolar arterial oxygen difference
3 lung capacities
inspiratory capacity, vital capacity, functional residual capacity
the greatest amount of air that can be inspired from a resting expiratory level
inspiratory capacity
the greatest amount of air that can be exhaled following a maximal inhalation
vital capacity
the amount of air left in the lungs at the end of a normal expiration
functional residual capacity
4 lung volumes
inspiratory reserve volume, tidal volume, expiratory reserve volume, residual volume
the greatest amount of air that can be inspired at the end of normal inspiration
inspiratory reserve volume
the amount of air that is inspired/expired in a normal breath
tidal volume
the greatest amount of air that can be expired at the end of a normal expiration
expiratory reserve volume
the amount of air that is left in the lungs following a maximal exhalation
residual volume
which lung volume is most responsive during exercise?
tidal volume
