prac 4

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expired gas is a mix of __gas and __ gas
- dead space
- alveolar
when is the alveolar air sampled?

during inspiration
composition of oxygen in dry outside air

20.93%
composition of CO2 in dry outside air

0.03%
composition of nitrogen + other gases in dry outside air

79.04%
in a crowded and poorl ventilated room, CO2 and O2 can change by:
- 0.2%
- CO2 rise
- O2 fall
F stands for:

fractional concentration in dry gas
P stands for:

Pressure of gas
C stands for

content of gas per unit volume in a liquid
S stands for:

saturation
V stands for:

gas vol
f stands for:

respiratory frequency
dot above the symbol stands for:

in unit time
a bar across a symbol stands for:

the mean
Q stands for:

the vol of blood
I stands for:

inspired gas
E stands for:

expired gas
A stands for:

alveolar gas
T stands for:

tidal gas
D stands for:

Dead space gas
STPD stands for:

standard temperature and pressure dry
BTPS stands for:

body temperature and pressure saturated with water vapour
ATPS stands for:

ambient temp and pressure saturated with water vapour
a stands for:

arterial blood
v stands for:

venous blood
c stands for:

capillary blood
B stands for:

barometric
upper case letters used for ___ phase and lower case for ____ phase
- gas
- liquid
define oxygen content

amount of O2 that can be released after destroying the O2 binding power of haemoglobin i.e. O2 in physical solution AND O2 combined with haemoglobing
define oxygen capacity

O2 combined with haemoglobin when it is fully saturated
when haemoglobin is saturated, O2 ____ may be higher than O2_____
- content
- capacity
define oxygen saturation

oxygen content-dissolved oxygen/oxygen capacity
define CO2 content

the amount of CO2 that can be released from the sample after treatment with acid and extraction under a vacuum

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prac 4

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2014-11-04T01:32:54Z

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