Measuring lung capacity
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- Created on: 06-02-16 14:49
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- Components of lung volume
- Tidal volume
- Volume of air that moves in and out of the lungs per resting breath
- Vital capacity
- Volume of air that can be breathed in when the strongest possible exhalation is followed by the deepest possible intake of breath
- Inspiratory reserve volume
- The amount of air you can breathe in over and above normal inhalation
- Expiratory reserve volume
- Extra amount of air you can force over and above the normal tidal volume of air you breath out.
- Residual volume
- The amount of air left in your lungs when you have exhaled as hard as possible
- Total lung capacity
- Vital capacity+residual volume
- Tidal volume
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