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Name of surfactant that breaks surface tension in the lungs?
Am pretty sure its called the pulmonary surfactant that's produced from the lungs
What is affected by cystic fibrosis?
The lungs (pulmonary surfactant is missing or diminished).
What is the detergent-like substance which reduces the surface tension in the lungs?
Surfactant! or 'Pulmonary Surfactant' Just had one of those moments too :)
What cells secrete surfactant that reduces the tendency for pulmonary alveoli to collapse?
Type 2 Alveolar cells
How surfactant prevents from pulmonary edema?
surface tension of fluid lining the alveoli pull fluid from alveolar wall by average pressure= -3 mmHg in normal lung , but without surfactant it's increased to -20 mmHg , thus massive filtration of the fluid leads to pulmonary edema .
What is a phosphlolipid that lowers the surface tension of the alveoli preventing them from collapsing?
The Great (Type 2) Alveolar cells secrete pulmonary surfactant and prevent the cells from collasping.
What substance is made by the lungs to help reduce the surface tension of water in the alveolar?
Pulmonary surfactant...see link for more information.
How much surfactant is in a bar of soap?
A surfactant is a substance that, when mixed with a liquid, reduces its surface tension. There are usually two or more surfactants in a bar of soap.
What keep the alveoli from collapsing?
Alveoli does not collapse because lungs always have a residual volume which prevents the alveoli to collapse.
What do surfactant do?
A surface-active agent 'surfactant' usually cleans something. ie -soap is a surfactant.
Does surfactant affect airflow?
Surfactant improves airflow in several ways. First, it maintains airway stability by preventing airway film collapse of the airway walls. Second, surfactant modulates airway wall thickness and diameter by regulating liquid balance. In other words, the dysfunction of surfactant airways might be one of the mechanisms leading to increased airway resistance [seen in in obstructive lung diseases].Source:J Hohlfeld, H Fabel, and H Hamm. The role of pulmonary surfactant in obstructive airways disease.Eur Respir J 1997; 10: 482-491http://www.ersj.org.uk/cgi/content/abstract/10/2/482
Surfactant that cover the respiratory membranes?
Surfactant is pleural fluid.
