Mechanics of Breathing
Another term for pulmonary ventilation
What is Breathing?
Largest amount of air that we can breathe out in one expiration
What is vital capacity?
Rapid respiration
What is Hyperventilation?
Chemoreceptors are located in
What is carotid and aortic bodies?
Measures the amount of air exchanged in breathing
What is spirometer?
The air that remains after the most forcible expiration
What is residual volume?
Slow respiration
What is hypoventilation?
Normal resting breathing rate
What is 12 to 18 breaths a minute?
What is SIDS?
Responsible for changes in the shape of the thoracic cavity
What are respirator muscles?
What is expiratory reserve volume (ERV)
Periodic stopping
What is apnea breathing
Breathing deeper and more rapidly, make you feel lightheaded, rapid heart beat, shortness of breath
What is effects of hyperventilation?
Insufficient oxygen supply to the tissues
What is hypoxia?
The dome shaped muscle separating the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity
What is the diaphragm?
4800 mL
What is vital capacity in young men?
Normal Respiratory Rate
What is eupnea?
Difference between inspiration and expiration
What is the movement of air out of the lungs (expiration), air into the lungs (inspiration)
Failure to resume breathing after prolonged apnea
What is respiratory arrest?
The internal intercostal muscle pull the rib cage inward and decrease the front-to-back size of the thorax
What is the contraction of expiratory muscles?
Tidal volume and vital capacity are frequently measured in patients with these conditions
What is lung disease and heart problems?
CSR occurs in these critical diseases.
What is congestive heart failure, brain injuries, and brain tumors?
VRG interacts with the DRG by
What is the DRG signals the VRG to adjust the breathing rhythm?
Series of cycles of alternating apnea and hyperventilation
What is CSR?