Pulmonary Circulation — Flashcards

In zone _____ of the lung, blood flow (Q) is highest

The _____ of a respiratory system pressure-volume curve represents lung compliance

In zone 2 of the lung, blood flow is driven by the difference between _____ and alveolar pressure

The two sources of the physiologic shunt are _____ blood flow and a small portion of coronary venous blood (drains into the left ventricle via the thebesian vein)

Water fall effect has been used to describe the blood flow in the _____ portion of lung.

The graph given below shows _____ _____thoracic obstruction

Hint: variable/fixed

The graph given depicts the _____ effect

The alveolar gas equation states that the alveolar Po2 (PAo2) equals: _____

According to Fick's law, the rate of diffusion of a gas (Vgas) is equal to: _____

What equation may be used to determine the physiologic dead space (VD)? _____