Question

8. (3pts) In your own words provide a one sentence definition/example of the following: 1. Vital capacity 2. Residual volume 3. Tidal volume 4. Total lung capacity 5. Functional residual capacity 6. Expiratory reserve volume

9. (2pts) Would breathing pure oxygen cause a large increase in the partial pressure of oxygen within the blood stream? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Question 8 :-

Vital capacity :
The maximum volume of air a person can breath in after a forced expiration.

Residual volume :
Volume of air remaining in the lungs even after a forcible expiration.

Tidal volume :
Volume of air inspired or expired during a normal respiration.

Total lung capacity :
Toatl volume of air accommodated in the lungs at the end of a forced inspiration.

Functional residual capacity :
Volume of air that will remain in the lungs after a normal expiration.

Expiratory reserve volume :
Additional volume of air, a person can expire by a forcible expiration.