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Details Title Pulmonary Description Jim McC Total Cards 24 Subject Nursing Created 12/01/2011

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Term Respiration	Definition exchange of gases,
Term Ventilation	Definition movement of air.
Term Surfactants are	Definition compounds that lower the surface tension of a liquid,
Term _____ lung more susceptible to foreign objects	Definition Right
Term TV Tidal Volume	Definition air moved with each breath
Term IRV Inspiratory Reserve Volume	Definition max inhale after normal
Term ERV Expiratory Reserve Volume,	Definition Max exhale after normal exhale
Term RV Residual Volume	Definition air remaining in lungs after forced expiration.
Term Total lung cap	Definition total air in lungs AFTER max inhale (RV included)
Term vital cap	Definition max exhale AFTER max inhale
Term Inspiratory cap	Definition air you can inhale AFTER normal inhale
Term functional residual cap	Definition air remaining AFTER normal exhale
Term V/Q ratio	Definition ventilation/perfusion
Term normal v/q	Definition 1/1
Term low v/q	Definition shunt
Term high v/q	Definition dead space
Term shunt	Definition exist when there is normal perfusion to an alveolus, but ventilation fails to supply the perfused region.
Term dead space	Definition portion of tracheobronchial tree that does not participate in gas exchange
Term Hypernia	Definition increase in depth of respirations
Term hyperventilation	Definition increase in both rate and depth of respirations
Term apnea	Definition periods of breathing cessation
Term cheyne-stokes	Definition alternating apnea and deep breathing
Term eupnea	Definition normal breathing 12-18 rpm
Term tachypnea	Definition >24 rpm

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