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Monday, May 2, 2011

Lung volume

1. Spirometer used to measure lung capacity.
2. Breathing movement is traced in a form of graph = kymograph.













3. Total capacity in human lungs = + 5 dm3 of air.
4. Tidal volume - air exchanged in normal breath = + 0.5 dm3 .
5. Healthy person breaths + 15 to 20 times per minute.
Vital capacity - max volume of air exchanged during forced breathing  = raised to 3.5 dm3.
7. Vital capacity - has two components:
   => inspiratory capacity
   => expiratory capacity
8. Residual volume - volume of air that remains in the lungs = + 1.5 dm3.
9. Total lungs capacity =  5.0 dm3.

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