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The developing fetus does not produce lung surfactant until late its development.Explain what problem a premature infant would have if it were born before it had produced surfactant?
The lung surfactant is a substance that coats the internal surfaces of the alveoli (air sacks) of the lungs and prevents them from sticking together in the deflated state when the baby exhales. If the infant is born before it produces lung surfactant, then the alveoli will be unable to be filled with air and the baby will suffocate.
What would in surfactant absence?
In the event of surfactant absence in the lungs they would collapse and pulminary functioning would be reduced dramatically. Surfactants are critical in maintaining proper lung function by reducing surface tension and making it easier to breathe.
What maintains the lung inflation during fetal developmnet?
Surfactant
A deficiency of lung surfactant may result in?
respiratory distress syndrome
What effect does a deficiency of surfactant exert on lung compliance?
Increased compliance result
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 keep the alveoli from collapsing?
Alveoli does not collapse because lungs always have a residual volume which prevents the alveoli to collapse.
When is surfactant produced in the fetus?
between 28 and 30 weeks
What is the fluid that lines the alveoli is produced by?
what is the name of the liquid layer that lines the alveoli
Is saponin an acidic or basic dye?
saponin is not a dye rather it is a surfactant produced by plant.
As a result of the tidal volume change what happens to the flow into each lung and total air flow?
Airflow increases when surfactant is applied because the resistance to lung inflation has been reduced.
The molecule that prevents lung collapse by lowering the surface tension of the water film lining each alveolar sac?
Surfactant
