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Forced vital capacity

Forced vital capacity

vital capacity measured with the subject exhaling as rapidly as possible; data relating volume, expiratory flow, and time form the basis for other pulmonary function tests, e.g., flow-volume curve, forced expiratory volume, forced expiratory time, forced expiratory flow.


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Re: Several Respiratory Questions

... Volume, expiratory reserve volume, and/or vital capacity --How would living in high altitudes influence ... reserve volume is the additional volume that can be forced out of the lungs beyond a regular exhalation) Thank ...

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by webCHO
Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:19 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Several Respiratory Questions
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Several Respiratory Questions

... Volume, expiratory reserve volume, and/or vital capacity --How would living in high altitudes influence ... reserve volume is the additional volume that can be forced out of the lungs beyond a regular exhalation) Thank ...

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by NightStalker
Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:16 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Several Respiratory Questions
Replies: 10
Views: 1785


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