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An instrument used to measure the volume of respired air?
the spirometer
What does a spirometer measure?
A spirometer is used in measuring the air capacity of the lungs.
What instrument measures the amount of air in your lungs?
A spirometer measures the amount of air in lungs
What is the instrument that measures the volume of inhaled and exhaled air called?
spirometer
What would you use to measure air in the lungs?
A spirometer is used to measure the amount of air in our lungs.
What is the recording device used to measure the amount of air inhaled or exhaled?
spirometer
Why would one need to used a spirometer?
A spirometer can be used to monitor a person's breathing rate and the volume of air inhaled and exhaled. For persons suffering of lung-disease or asthma, this can make a spirometer a valuable monitoring tool in regards of their specific illnesses.
What air volumes cannot be measured using a simple spirometer?
Functional residual capacity (FRC)
What measuring instrument would you use to measure how much air is in your lungs?
You would use a Spirometer.
Can you use the spirometer to measure your total lung capacity?
No. A spirometer can be used to measure the volume of breath a person can expire but it is impossible to expire your entire lung capacity. This is due to the "dead space" capacity that remains to stop the collapse of the alveoli. As the alveoli are spherical and lined with mucus if they collapse it would be impossble for them to be filled again and so some air must remain within them. It is, however, possible to estimate someone's total lung capacity from the spirometer reading.
What is an air chamber?
An air chamber is a chamber in a hydraulic system in which air is compressed to regulate the flow of a fluid.
What is an anapnograph?
An anapnograph is a variety of spirometer, a device used to measure the volume of air inspired and expired by the lungs.
