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Lung Volumes - Lab Report
Lung Volumes - Lab Report
Volumen corriente (V )
T
How did you make the distinction between the two types of test?
En la primera se
Expiratory reserve
volume (ERV)
Inspiratory reserve
volume (IRV)
Inspiratory reserve
volume (IRV)
Residual volume (RV)
Expiratory reserve
volume (ERV)
Comment on the di erences between the experimental and predicted values for VC, FRC, and TLC in the table above.
What could cause these di erences, if any?
How might lung volumes and capacities be altered in a 74-year-old woman who struggles with breathlessness?
Forced expiration
starts
FVC
Maximal expiration
Maximal expiration
FVC
FEV1
In your own words describe the physiological signi cance of the FEV1/FVC ratio.
You may nd that forced vital capacity is less than the vital capacity. Why might this be?
How would the 74-year-old woman's breathlessness a ect her ability to exhale forcefully? What e ect would this have
on her test results?
Examine the table showing respiratory rate and tidal volume after breathing normally and with hyperin ated lungs. Has
respiratory rate or tidal volume changed? How do you account for this?
Has there been any change to the lung volumes with hyperin ated breathing?
When you compare the rate of breathing with hyperin ated lungs with that in normal breathing, you will notice a
signi cant increase. This will have resulted in an increased expired minute volume. What e ect will this have had on
blood gases?
Ask the volunteer to describe how it felt to breathe with hyperin ated lungs.
A 74-year-old woman has more air in her lungs than normal, and breathes with an in ated chest. Do you think an in ated
chest would make breathing uncomfortable? Would it alter the rate of breathing, or the volume of each breath?
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