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The Respiratory System

Lung volumes and minute ventilation

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Overview

Tidal volume, inspiratory and expiratory reserve volumes, residual volume, minute ventilation with worked examples, and responses to submaximal and maximal exercise.

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Key term

How does expiratory reserve volume change during exercise, and what is residual volume for?

Key term

Define tidal volume.

Key term

What happens to tidal volume during exercise?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    Define tidal volume.

    Model answer

    Tidal volume is the volume of air breathed in or out per breath. A typical resting value is about 500 ml.

  2. 2

    What happens to tidal volume during exercise?

    Model answer

    Tidal volume increases during exercise. Deeper breaths draw on both the inspiratory and expiratory reserve volumes.

  3. 3

    Define inspiratory reserve volume.

    Model answer

    Inspiratory reserve volume is the extra air that can be forcibly breathed in after a normal breath. A typical resting value is about 3,000 ml.

  4. 4

    How does inspiratory reserve volume change during exercise, and why?

    Model answer

    Inspiratory reserve volume decreases during exercise. The larger tidal volume of each deeper breath takes up part of the reserve.

  5. 5

    Define expiratory reserve volume.

    Model answer

    Expiratory reserve volume is the extra air that can be forcibly breathed out after a normal breath. A typical resting value is about 1,200 ml.

  6. 6

    How does expiratory reserve volume change during exercise?

    Model answer

    Expiratory reserve volume decreases slightly during exercise. More forceful breathing out uses some of this reserve as part of the tidal volume.

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