Lab exercise 36

1. What is the minute ventilation of an average adult male at rest breathing at a rate of 10 breaths per
minute?
5000 milliliters per minute
2. What is the most common method of carbon dioxide transport?
As bicarbonate ions in plasma
3. The vital capacity, or maximal amount of air that one can move, is the sum of ________.
inspiratory reserve volume, tidal volume, and expiratory reserve volume
4. Which of the following is NOT a function of the nasal conchae?
routing air and food into proper channels