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Combined pressure-volume curves for the lung and chest wall
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Respiratory system

Physiology

Anatomy and physiology
Respiratory system anatomy and physiology
Reading a chest X-ray
Lung volumes and capacities
Lung volumes and capacities
Anatomic and physiologic dead space
Breathing mechanics
Alveolar surface tension and surfactant
Compliance of lungs and chest wall
Combined pressure-volume curves for the lung and chest wall
Ventilation and perfusion
Ventilation
Zones of pulmonary blood flow
Regulation of pulmonary blood flow
Pulmonary shunts
Ventilation-perfusion ratios and V/Q mismatch
Airflow and gas exchange
Breathing cycle
Breathing cycle and regulation
Airflow, pressure, and resistance
Ideal (general) gas law
Boyle's law
Dalton's law
Henry's law
Graham's law
Fick's laws of diffusion
Gas exchange in the lungs, blood and tissues
Diffusion-limited and perfusion-limited gas exchange
Alveolar gas equation
Gas transport
Oxygen binding capacity and oxygen content
Oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve
Carbon dioxide transport in blood
Regulation of breathing
Breathing control
Pulmonary chemoreceptors and mechanoreceptors
Physiologic adaptations of the respiratory system
Pulmonary changes at high altitude and altitude sickness
Pulmonary changes during exercise

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The pressure-volume (P-V) curves for the lung and chest wall help to study their mechanical behaviors during respiration, as the chest inflates and deflates. These P-V curves are obtained when a patient breathes in and out of a spirometer.