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The volume of air in the lungs and the rate at which it is exchanged during inspiration and expiration was measured.
The following diagram shows a group of the lung volumes and capacities:
Study the diagram carefully and explain briefly the following:
Tidal volume

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Tidal volume (symbol VT or TV) is the lung volume representing the normal volume of air displaced between normal inhalation and exhalation when extra effort is not applied. In a healthy, young human adult, tidal volume is approximately 500 mL per inspiration or 7 mL/kg of body mass.

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The volume of air in the lungs and the rate at which it is exchanged during inspiration and expiration was measured.
The following diagram shows a group of lung volumes and capacities.
Study the diagram carefully and explain briefly the following:
Vital capacity

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___i___is the volume of air that you take in during normal inspiration, or breathe out during normal expiration. The additional volume of air a person can inspire, beyond the tidal volume by putting in extra effort is____ii_____. The additional volume a person can expire, beyond the tidal volume, that is, after a normal expiration is normally ____iii_____.The volume of air remaining in the lungs after a maximal expiration i.e., the residual volume is normally ____iv_____.

A person breathes in some volume of air by forced inspiration after having a forced expiration. This quantity of air taken in is

(a) total lung capacity

(b) tidal volume

(d) inspiratory capacity

1200 ml volume of air which always remains in the lungs even after forcible expiration is called

When about 1500 ml of air remains in the lungs after forceful expiration, it is called the _________.

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STRUCTURED/APPLICATION/SKILL TYPEThe volume of air in the lungs and the rate at which it is exchanged during inspiration and expiration was measured.The following diagram shows a group of the lung volumes and capacities:Study the diagram carefully and explain briefly the following:Tidal volume

Tidal volume (symbol VT or TV) is the lung volume representing the normal volume of air displaced between normal inhalation and exhalation when extra effort is not applied. In a healthy, young human adult, tidal volume is approximately 500 mL per inspiration or 7 mL/kg of body mass.

STRUCTURED/APPLICATION/SKILL TYPE
The volume of air in the lungs and the rate at which it is exchanged during inspiration and expiration was measured.
The following diagram shows a group of the lung volumes and capacities:
Study the diagram carefully and explain briefly the following:
Tidal volume