#Question id: 11079
#SCPH28 | Zoology
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: 11080
#I Life Science/ Life Sciences Group – I-V
The O2-CO2 diagram here shows a ventilation-perfusion
ratio line for the normal lung. Which of the following best describes the
effect of decreasing ventilation-perfusion ratio on the alveolar Po2 and Pco2?
#Question id: 11080
#SCPH28 | Zoology
The O2-CO2 diagram here shows a ventilation-perfusion
ratio line for the normal lung. Which of the following best describes the
effect of decreasing ventilation-perfusion ratio on the alveolar Po2 and Pco2?
#Question id: 11081
#I Life Science/ Life Sciences Group – I-V
In which of the following conditions is alveolar Po2 increased and alveolar Pco2 decreased?
#Question id: 11081
#SCPH28 | Zoology
In which of the following conditions is alveolar Po2 increased and alveolar Pco2 decreased?
#Question id: 11082
#I Life Science/ Life Sciences Group – I-V
A 67-year-old man has a solid tumor that pushes
against an airway partially obstructing air flow to the distal alveoli. Which
point on the ventilation-perfusion line of the O2-CO2 diagram corresponds to
the alveolar gas of these distal alveoli?
