10. The Respiratory System

The Functional Residual Capacity can be thought of as a combination of which other measures of lung volume?

The typical person has about 150 ml anatomical dead space. If the typical tidal volume is about 500 ml, how much air that starts completely outside the body actually makes it to the alveoli with each inspiration?

Of the following four lung volumes, which do you think would be the hardest to measure without advanced instrumentation?

Which of the following would best predict how likely someone is to blow out all their birthday candles in a single breath?

Distinguish between inspiratory reserve volume (IRV) and inspiratory capacity (IC)?

Under normal conditions which of the following volumes do you expect to be the smallest?