This pedigree shows the inheritance of a recessive trait in humans. Individuals that have the trait are homozygous for a recessive allele a. If H and I, who happen to be first cousins, marry and have a child, what is the chance that this child will have the recessive trait?

#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?

#Question id: 11075

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A 65-year-old man with emphysema due to 34 years of cigarette smoking is admitted to hospital due to dyspnea. With further tests the mean pulmonary arterial pressure is determined to be 45 mm Hg at rest. He is hypoxic (PO2 = 49 mm Hg), hypercapnic (85 mm Hg), and slightly acidotic. The cardiovascular and oxygen changes are due to which of the following?

#Question id: 11076

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following will decrease pulmonary blood flow resistance?

#Question id: 11077

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A person’s normal tidal volume is 400 ml with a dead space of 100 ml. The respiratory rate is 12 breaths/min. The person is placed on ventilator for surgery and the tidal volume is 700 with a rate of 12. What is the approximate alveolar Pco2 for this person?