#Question id: 11060
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
A healthy, 25-year-old medical student participates in a 10-km charity run for the American Heart Association. Which of the following muscles does the student use (contract) during expiration?
#Question id: 11061
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
The pleural pressure of a normal 56-year-old woman is approximately −5 cm H2O during resting conditions immediately before inspiration (i.e., at functional residual capacity). What is the pleural pressure (in cm H2O) during inspiration?
#Question id: 11062
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
The alveolar pressure of a normal 77-year-old woman is approximately 1 cm H2O during expiration. What is the alveolar pressure during inspiration (in cm H2O)?
#Question id: 11063
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
A man inspires 1000 ml from a spirometer. The intrapleural pressure was −4 cm H2O before inspiration and −12 cm H2O the end of inspiration. What is the compliance of the lungs?
#Question id: 11065
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
A liquid-ventilated lung compared to a gas-ventilated lung
#Question id: 11066
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
A 22-year-old woman has a pulmonary compliance of 0.2 L/cm H2O and a pleural pressure of −4 cm H2O. What is the pleural pressure (in cm H2O) when the woman inhales 1.0 L of air?