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ILA respiratory failure
Describe the anatomical structure...,
Upper airway structures,
Paranasal sinuses
57  cards
Organisation of the respiratory system
Respiration rate of a healthy adu...,
Respiration during exercise,
Airflow structures
40  cards
Control of respiration
What types of muscle are the diap...,
Destruction of respiratory motor ...,
How is respiration initiated
36  cards
Control of respiration during exercise
How much does alveolar ventilatio...,
Increased co2,
Why does arterial co2 not increas...
9  cards
Other ventilatory responses
Protective reflexes,
Examples of protective reflexes,
Where do receptors originate
11  cards
Hypoxia
Hypoxia,
Causes of hypoxia,
Hypercapnia
23  cards
Nonrespiratory functions of the lungs
Examples of substances released i...,
Lungs and substances,
Inflammatory response of lung
4  cards
Transport of oxygen in the blood
Two forms oxygen is present in in...,
1 litre blood and oxygenoxygen ca...,
Henrys law
30  cards
Inspiration
Initiation,
What does contraction of inspirat...,
How and when is equilibrium estab...
15  cards
Lung compliance
Factors affecting change in trans...,
Lung compliance definition and eq...,
Low lung compliance
14  cards
Lung volumes and capacities
Tidal volume,
Inspiratory reserve volume,
Functional residual capacity frc
9  cards
Alveolar ventilation
Minute ventilation,
Conducting airways volume,
Anatomical dead space
36  cards
Matching of ventilation and blood flow in alveoli
Cause of inadequate oxygen moveme...,
How many alveoli in the lungs,
Ventilation perfusion inequality
11  cards
Transport of carbon dioxide in the blood
Co2 and toxicity,
Co2 generated in resting person,
Co2 solubility
8  cards
Transport of hydrogen ions between tissues and lungs
Binding of h ions,
Phs of blood,
What happens as venous blood pass...
8  cards

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