#Question id: 11074
#Biochemistry
A 30-year-old woman performs a valsalva maneuver about
30 min after eating lunch. Which of the following best describes the changes in
pulmonary and systemic blood volumes that occur in this woman?
#Question id: 11077
#Biochemistry
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?
#Question id: 11078
#Biochemistry
A child has been eating round candies approximately 1
and 1.5 cm in diameter and inhaled one down his airway blocking his left
bronchiole. Which of the following will describe the changes that occur?
#Question id: 11079
#Biochemistry
The diffusing capacity of a gas is the volume of gas that will diffuse through a membrane each minute for a pressure difference of 1 mm Hg. Which of the following gases is often used to estimate the oxygen diffusing capacity of the lungs?
#Question id: 11081
#Biochemistry
In which of the following conditions is alveolar Po2 increased and alveolar Pco2 decreased?
#Question id: 11083
#Biochemistry
A 55-year-old male has a pulmonary embolism that
partially blocks the blood flow to his right lung. Which point on the
ventilation-perfusion line of the O2-CO2 diagram corresponds to the alveolar
gas of his right lung?
