Compliance — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What is the function of elastin?

Answer: give stretchy property to different tissues

Flashcard 2: Lung compliance may be calculated by the equation C = _____

Answer: ΔV/ΔP

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Flashcard 3: To compensate for reduced lung compliance, obese patients have _____-_____ breathing

Answer: rapid

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Flashcard 4: During expiration, the slope of the pressure-volume loop _____ as the density of surfactant molecules rapidly _____

Answer: increases

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Flashcard 5: What is the effect of emphysema on lung compliance? _____

Answer: Increased compliance

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Flashcard 6: The compliance of the lungs and chest wall is _____ proportional to their elastance

Answer: inversely

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Flashcard 7: After menopause, breast tissue undergoes _____

Answer: atrophy

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Flashcard 8: Lung _____ describes the change in lung volume for a given change in lung pressure

Answer: compliance

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Flashcard 9: Are the lungs generally more compliant during inspiration or expiration? _____

Answer: Expiration (due to hysteresis)

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Flashcard 10: What is the effect of aortic stiffening on pulse pressure? _____

Answer: Increased pulse pressure

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