Under what internal conditions of thoracic cavity tend to flow into the lungs?
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Respiratory System: Mechanics of Ventilation. From your reading, you were informed that pleural pressure continues to decrease until the end of inspiration. Alveolar filling slows when alveolar pressure approaches equilibrium with the atmosphere, and inspiratory flow decreases to zero. At this point, called end-inspiration, alveolar pressure has returned to zero, and the intrapleural pressure--and hence the transpulmonary pressure gradient--reaches the maximal value (for a normal breath) of approximately 10 cmH2O. At end inspiration, the muscle pressure relaxes and now alveolar pressure is higher than pressure at the airway opening, driving flow in the expiratory direction. The equation of motion shows this, setting the driving pressure, PMUS, to zero: PMUS = 0 = (Elastance x Volume) + (Resistance x Flow) or (Elastance x Volume) = - (Resistance x Flow = Resistance x (-Flow). This equation says two important things: (1) Flow is negative, indicating expiration, and (2) the driving force (transthoracic pressure, equal to elastance x volume) for expiratory flow is the energy stored in the combined elastances of lungs and chest wall (the total elastance is the sum of the chest wall and lung elastances). These events occur during normal tidal volume (VT) excursions. Similar pressure changes accompany deeper inspiration and expiration. The magnitude of the pressure changes is greater with deeper breathing. Pleural pressure are always negative (subatmospheric) during normal inspiration and exhalation. During forced inspiration with a big downward movement of the diaphragm, the pleural pressure can decrease to -50 cmH2O, whereas during a forced expiration, pleural pressure may increase above atmospheric pressure to 50 to 100 cmH2O. QUESTION: Why physiologically is pleural pressure (Ppl) always negative? Include in your answer how the chest wall and lungs contribute to this baseline pressure.
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Why? 3. Under what internal conditions does air tend to flow into the lungs? Explain. 4. Under what internal conditions does air tend to flow out of the lungs? Explain. 5. How do the respiratory zone (portion) and the conducting zone (portion) differ?
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