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What causes static compliance to decrease?
Static compliance decreases due to factors like pulmonary fibrosis, lung tissue scarring, or poor surfactant function which results in reduced ability of the lungs to stretch and expand during inhalation, leading to decreased lung capacity and restricted airflow.
What is the ease with which the lungs can be expanded during breathing called?
The ease with which the lungs and thorax can expand is called "COMPLIANCE".
How breathing rate is affected by cigarette smoking?
Well when you moke basically you are filling your lungs with smoke and causes oxygen to decrease in your lungs and you to breathe slower.
What causes the air pressure in your lungs to decrease and make you inhale?
When you inhale, oxygen fills your lungs. Next the oxygen diffuses out of your lungs into your bloodstream. The diffusion of oxygen from the lungs causes less pressure in your lungs signaling your brain that you need to inhale.
What is respiratory compliance?
Respiratory compliance refers to the ability of the lungs and chest wall to expand and contract in response to changes in pressure. It is a measure of how easily the lungs can stretch and how well they can return to their resting state. High compliance means the lungs are flexible and easy to inflate, while low compliance means they are stiff and difficult to inflate.
What is thoracic compliance?
Thoracic compliance refers to the ability of the chest wall and lungs to expand and accommodate air during breathing. It is a measure of how easily the lungs can stretch and expand. Changes in thoracic compliance can affect lung function and breathing mechanics.
What enables us to breathe?
The contraction of the diaphragm causes it to move down, increasing the volume of the thoracic cavity. This movement and volume change decrease the pressure in the lungs, and air rushes in.
Do normal lungs have high or low compliance?
Tuberculosis is a disease in it's own right and can effect many parts of the body including the lungs. It is not cancer and normally much easier to cure.
What is the term when lungs and chest wall expand easily?
high compliance
What muscle allows the lungs to fill the lungs with air?
The diaphragm. (located beneath the lungs) When it contracts it moves down, thus expanding the volume of the lungs. This causes the pressure in the lungs to decrease and air to flow in to the lungs. (pressure is inversely proportional volume- Boyle's law) This is inhaling. When the diaphragm relaxes it moves back up, decreasing the volume of the lungs and increasing the pressure which forces the air out. This is exhalation.
What is the force responsible for normal expiration?
The force responsible for normal expiration is passive recoil of the lungs and chest wall. As the diaphragm and external intercostal muscles relax, the elastic recoil of these structures causes the lungs to decrease in volume, leading to expiration.
What does the contraction of the diaphragm cause?
Contraction of the diaphragm causes it to flatten and move downward, increasing the volume of the thoracic cavity. This expansion of the chest cavity leads to a decrease in pressure within the lungs, allowing air to rush in and fill the lungs with oxygen during inhalation.
