pleurisy - answer✔painful inflammation of the pleura
pneumothorax - answer✔air in the pleural space
hemothorax - answer✔blood in the pleural space
pleural effusion - answer✔fluid in the pleural space
ventilation - answer✔movement of gas in and out of the lungs
how does a pressure gradient work - answer✔gas moves from an area of high concentration to an
area of low concentration
transairway pressure - answer✔results from raw, between airway opening and alveolus
transthoracic pressure - answer✔necessary to expand the lungs and chest wall concurrently,
gradient between alveolar space and body opening
transrespiratory pressure - answer✔causes air flow in and out of lungs, between airway opening
and body surface
transpulmonary pressure - answer✔also known as alveolar distending pressure, keeps alveoli
open, between alveolus and pleural space
elasticity - answer✔ability to return to normal state after deformation
decreased elasticity caused by - answer✔COPD
increased elasticity caused by - answer✔pulmonary fibrosis
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