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3. Just before an inspiration begins, the pressure within the intrapleural cavity
You correctly answered: b. is less than the pressure within the alveoli.
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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question 1: What effect will adding more surfactant have on these lungs?
Your answer : b. Airflows will further increase.
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 : c. The lung will remain collapsed.
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?
You correctly answered: b. The intrapleural pressure equalized with the atmospheric pressure.
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 75% by answering 3 out of 4 questions correctly.
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Review Sheet Results
1. What effect does the addition of surfactant have on the airflow? How well did the results compare with your prediction?
Your answer:
seperti yang sudah saya prediksi bahwa airflowsnya juga naik. Karena surfaktan menurunkan tega permukaan sehingga
jalan nafasnya juga naik.
3. What effect did opening the valve have on the left lung? Why does this happen?
Your answer:
When opening the valve on the left lung, the lung shrunk in size and was unable to function. This occurred because the
pressure of the intrapleural space and intrapulmonary are equal, thus making the pressure of the atmosphere of the
intrapulmonary are the same so the air could not get to the left lung.
4. What effect on the collapsed lung in the left side of the glass bell jar did you observe when you closed the valve? How
well did the results compare with your prediction?
Your answer:
as my prediction the lung remain collapsed. This occurred because the pressure di?erence with intrapleural space and lung
did not re-established.
5. What emergency medical condition does opening the left valve simulate?
Your answer:
The medical emergency condition opening the left valve stimulates pneumothorax
6. In the last part of this activity, you clicked the Reset button to draw the air out of the intrapleural space and return the
lung to its normal resting condition. What emergency procedure would be used to achieve this result if these were the lungs
in a living person?
Your answer:
The emergency procedure used on a living person would be inserting a chest tube. The chest tube would create a partial
vacuum from the intrapleural space and creating a valve below the atmospheric pressure.
7. What do you think would happen when the valve is opened if the two lungs were in a single large cavity rather than
separate cavities?
Your answer:
If both the lungs were in one single large cavity, the lungs would collapse if the valve was open.
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