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When intraalveolar pressure exceeds atmospheric pressure what happens?
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∙ 12y ago
intrapleural pressure exceeds atmospheric pressure, but lungs don't collapse because intra-alveolar pressure increases, too (4 mmHg pressure gradient stays same)
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What happens when you go up into the atmosphere?
The atmospheric pressure reduces
What happens when pressure is lower inside the lungs than outside the lungs?
atmospheric
When the partial pressure of oxygen exceeds about 1.4atm what happens to the amount of oxygen in a divers bloodstream when he or she breathes oxygen at elevated pressures?
It increases
What generally happens to atmospheric pressure on a windy day?
On a windy day atmospheric pressure decreases because the higher the wind velocity, the lower the air pressure, or atmospheric pressure. This is how chimneys work, the air that moves above the chimney causes low air pressure because of the high wind velocity compared the velocity of the air inside a house. The air inside the house goes towards the low air pressure and takes the smoke with it.
What happens to atmospheric pressure as altitude increase?
This would actually be a simple answer: Pressure decreases. Simply because of the fact that as altitude increases, the less air there is on top of you, and the lower the pressure would be.
What happens when intraalveolar pressure exceeds atmostpheric pressure?
lung at rest
What happens to the intraalveolar pressure when the diaphragm contracts?
It decreases, and air goes into the lung passages. You inhale.
What happens to the atmospheric pressure when weather is fair?
it dies
What happens to atmospheric pressure as you climb a mountain?
it decreases
What happens at a substance's boiling point?
Its vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure.
What happens when you go up into the atmosphere?
The atmospheric pressure reduces
What happens as you move higher in the tropospere?
Atmospheric pressure falls
What happens to atmospheric pressure as you move up away from sea level?
As altitude above seal level increases, atmospheric pressure decreases.
What happens when pressure greater than atmospheric pressure is applied to pure water or a solution?
If a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure is applied to a solution or pure water, its water potential increases
What happens if the atmospheric pressure drops?
The wind blow in towards the low.
What will happens to us if we go seventeen meters underwater?
We will experience a pressure 2.7 times atmospheric pressure.
What happens when pressure is lower inside the lungs than outside the lungs?
atmospheric
