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Pulmonary function
Volume and Ventilation

Charles L. Webber, Jr., Ph.D.

Loyola University Medical Center


Learning Objectives: You should be able to:

Rhodes & Tanner text Readings: Chapter 19, pages 341-352

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Respiratory Movements of the Thoracic Cage

  1. Basic Concepts

     

  2. Muscles of Breathing

     

  3. Sequence of Events

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Lung Volumes and Capacities

  1. Spirometry and Spirogram 

     

  2. Four Non-Overlapping Lung Volumes

     

  3. Four Overlapping Lung Capacities

     

  4. Measurement of Functional Residual Capacity (FRC)

     

  5. Lung Zones

     

  6. Dead Spaces (VD)

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Pressure-Volume Relationships

  1. Intrapleural Pressure (Ppl

     

  2. Alveolar Pressure (Palv)

     

  3. Pulmonic Pressure (Ppul)

     

  4. Pressure-Volume Changes During One Respiratory Cycle

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Pulmonary Function Testing

  1. Definitions

     

  2. Diseases

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