Match the correct diseases with their precursors

Disease	Protein or precursor involved in disease
1. Cystic fibrosis	a. Prion protein
2. Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease	b. CFTR
3. Familial hypercholesterolaemia	c. LDL receptor
4. fatal familial insomnia	d. β-amyloid protein
5. Alzheimer's disease	e. β-hexosaminidase

#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?

#Question id: 11068

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A patient has a dead space of 150 ml, functional residual capacity of 3 L, tidal volume of 650 ml, expiratory reserve volume of 1.5 L, total lung capacity of 8 L, and respiratory rate of 15 breaths/min. What is the residual volume?

#Question id: 11070

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A patient has a dead space of 150 ml, functional residual capacity of 3 L, tidal volume of 650 ml, expiratory reserve volume of 1.5 L, a total lung capacity of 8 L, respiratory rate of 15 breaths/min. What is the alveolar ventilation?

#Question id: 11071

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

At the end of inhalation, with an open glottis, the pleural pressure is

#Question id: 11072

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The following diagram shows pulmonary airway resistance expressed as a function of pulmonary volume. Which relationship best describes the normal lung?