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A lung with _____ compliance is easier to fill

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

Lung compliance may be calculated by the equation C = _____

The compliance of the lung-chest wall system is _____ than that of the lungs or chest wall alone

What is the function of elastin?

Lung compliance may be calculated by the equation C = _____

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

Hint: rate

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

What is the effect of emphysema on lung compliance? _____

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

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Flashcard 1: A lung with _____ compliance is easier to fill

Answer: high

Flashcard 2: The compliance of the lungs and chest wall is _____ proportional to their elastance

Answer: inversely

Flashcard 3: Lung compliance may be calculated by the equation C = _____

Answer: V/P

Flashcard 4: The compliance of the lung-chest wall system is _____ than that of the lungs or chest wall alone

Answer: less

Flashcard 5: What is the function of elastin?

Answer: give stretchy property to different tissues

Flashcard 6: Lung compliance may be calculated by the equation C = _____

Answer: ΔV/ΔP

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Flashcard 7: To compensate for reduced lung compliance, obese patients have _-_ breathing

Answer: rapid

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Flashcard 8: During expiration, the slope of the pressure-volume loop _ as the density of surfactant molecules rapidly _

Answer: increases

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Flashcard 9: What is the effect of emphysema on lung compliance? _____

Answer: Increased compliance

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Flashcard 10: The compliance of the lungs and chest wall is _____ proportional to their elastance

Answer: inversely

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