Chemistry behind Respiration
Across
- 4. true/false: pressure in one part of a container is equal to all other parts of a container
- 5. change in lung volume / change in pressure
- 7. law stating pressure is proportional to temperature
- 9. factor that must be constant in amonton's law
- 11. reciprocal of compliance
- 12. during _______, pressure of lung is less than pressure of atmosphere
- 14. contributes ~47mmHg to total pressure
- 16. represented by 'Q'
- 17. air is pushed out of lungs by elastic ______
- 18. air moves because it flows down a _________
Down
- 1. Air flow depends on pressure gradient and ______ of tube
- 2. inspired air is humidified so not to disrupt ______ body temperature
- 3. decreased compliance means lungs are _______; they require more pressure to expand
- 4. measure of particles' kinetic energy
- 6. at rest, pressure of lungs is ______ to pressure of atmosphere
- 8. law stating pressure is inversely proportional to volume
- 10. during ________, pressure of lung is greater than pressure of atmosphere
- 13. law stating volume is proportional to temperature when pressure constant
- 15. force (N)/area (m^2)
- 19. airflow resistance determined mainly by _______ of tube