Fick's laws of diffusion

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Fick's laws of diffusion

Respiratory system

Airflow and gas exchange

Airflow, pressure, and resistance
Alveolar gas equation
Boyle's law
Breathing cycle and regulation
Dalton's law
Diffusion-limited and perfusion-limited gas exchange
Fick's laws of diffusion
Gas exchange in the lungs, blood and tissues
Graham's law
Henry's law
Ideal (general) gas law

Anatomy and physiology

Reading a chest X-ray
Respiratory system anatomy and physiology

Breathing mechanics

Alveolar surface tension and surfactant
Combined pressure-volume curves for the lung and chest wall
Compliance of lungs and chest wall

Gas transport

Carbon dioxide transport in blood
Oxygen binding capacity and oxygen content
Oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve

Lung volumes and capacities

Anatomic and physiologic dead space
Lung volumes and capacities

Physiologic adaptations of the respiratory system

Pulmonary changes at high altitude and altitude sickness
Pulmonary changes during exercise

Regulation of breathing

Breathing control
Pulmonary chemoreceptors and mechanoreceptors

Ventilation and perfusion

Pulmonary shunts
Regulation of pulmonary blood flow
Ventilation
Ventilation-perfusion ratios and V/Q mismatch
Zones of pulmonary blood flow

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Fick's laws of diffusion

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Key Takeaways

Fick's laws of diffusion states that the rate at which a molecule moves through a material is proportional to the concentration gradient (the difference in concentrations) between the two ends of the material; and inversely proportional to the thickness of the membrane.