Name: 4111191151_Naditha Putri

Exercise 7: Respiratory System Mechanics: Activity 3: Effect of Surfactant and Intrapleural Pressure on Respiration Lab
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Pre-lab Quiz Results

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1. Which of the following statements about surface tension is false?

Your answer : a. Molecules of a liquid are attracted more strongly to each other than they are to gas molecules.
Correct answer: c. Surface tension acts to increase the size of the alveoli within the lungs.

2. Which of the following statements about surfactant is false?

Your answer : b. Surfactant is part of the aqueous film covering the alveolar surfaces.
Correct answer: d. Surfactant works by increasing the attraction of water molecules to each other.

3. Just before an inspiration begins, the pressure within the intrapleural cavity
Your answer : d. is responsible for causing lung collapse.
Correct answer: b. is less than the pressure within the alveoli.

4. The respiratory condition of pneumothorax refers to

Your answer : a. the pressure in the intrapleural space becoming lower than atmospheric pressure.
Correct answer: c. any opening that equalizes the intrapleural pressure with the atmospheric pressure.

5. A pneumothorax can lead to

Your answer : c. intrapleural pressures that are more negative than normal.
Correct answer: b. atelectasis.

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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question 1: What effect will adding more surfactant have on these lungs?
Your answer : a. Airflows will decrease.

Predict Question 2: What will happen to the collapsed lung in the left side of the glass bell jar if you close the valve?
Your answer : b. The lung will reinflate over several breaths.

Stop & Think Questions:

Why did the sequential additions of surfactant change this lung system?
You correctly answered: a. Surface tension was sequentially decreased.

Premature infants often have difficulty breathing because the amount of surfactant in their lungs is
You correctly answered: b. too low.

What happened to the left side of the bell jar when the valve was opened?
Your answer : d. Airflows increased.
Correct answer: b. The intrapleural pressure equalized with the atmospheric pressure.

Did the collapsed left lung reinflate?

Your answer : a. Yes, it did.
Correct answer: b. No, it did not.

Experiment Data:

Radius Breath Rate Surfactant Pressure Left Pressure Right Flow Left Flow Right Total Flow
5 15 0 -4 -4 49.69 49.69 99.38
5 15 2 -4 -4 69.56 69.56 139.13
5 15 4 -4 -4 89.44 89.44 178.88
5 15 0 -4 -4 49.69 49.69 99.38
5 15 0 0.00 -4 0.00 49.69 49.69
5 15 0 0.00 -4 0.00 49.69 49.69
5 15 0 -4 -4 49.69 49.69 99.38

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Post-lab Quiz Results
You scored 50% by answering 2 out of 4 questions correctly.

1. The addition of surfactant to the lung interior

Your answer: a. decreased the magnitude of the intrapleural pressure changes.
Correct answer: c. increased airflow.

2. Opening the valve in the side of the glass bell jar

Your answer: c. allowed the changes to intrapleural pressure to be greater.
Correct answer: d. simulated pneumothorax.

3. In this activity a pneumothorax is automatically followed by

You correctly answered: b. atelectasis.

4. The best way to rapidly reinflate a person's collapsed lung is to

You correctly answered: a. pump air out of the intrapleural space to recreate negative pressure.

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