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What is phenumothorax?
Literally "air in the thorax", or air in the chest (where it shouldn't be) When air leaks anywhere in the space between your lung and chest wall (normally filled with slippery fluid) it increases the pressure around your lung, and pushes on your lung. This leads to your lung collapsing in on itself, because the pressure required for it to inflate is much smaller than the one keeping it deflated. Usually, you only get a fraction of your lung truly collapsed.
What is it called when there is Fluid in lung tissue?
Fluid located in the lung tissue is called atriovacural fluid. (pronounced atri-o-va-cural) This fluid builds up as a result of many factors; including smoking, bad diet, high cholesterol and oral sex.
What is the role of fluid between the lung and chest wall in maintaining respiratory function?
The fluid between the lung and chest wall helps the lungs expand and contract smoothly during breathing. It acts as a lubricant, reducing friction and allowing the lungs to move easily within the chest cavity. This fluid also helps maintain the pressure balance between the lungs and chest wall, which is important for efficient breathing.
What may cause a restrictive pattern?
A restrictive pattern on pulmonary function tests can be caused by conditions such as interstitial lung diseases, sarcoidosis, obesity, or neuromuscular disorders. These conditions often lead to reduced lung volume and decreased lung compliance, resulting in a restrictive pattern characterized by decreased lung volumes and preserved airflow.
What is the fluid present between the lungs and the ribs?
The fluid present between the lungs and the ribs is called pleural fluid. It acts as a lubricant, allowing the lungs to move smoothly during breathing. It also helps maintain the pressure in the pleural space for proper lung function.
Lung cells secrete this substance which prevent alevoli from collapsing in between breaths?
it is mucous in nature and is called pleural fluid
What is the difference between atelectasis and pneumonia?
Atelectasis is the collapsing of a lungwhen there is an interference with the natural forces that promote lung expansion. Pneumonia is an inflammatory process and infection, usually involving fluid in the lungs.Atelectasis is basically a collapsed lung.
If you remove fluid from one lung does the fluid from the other lung move back into the space?
no
Why must you seal an chest wound?
This stops air from entering the chest cavity, and prevents collapsing the lung.
What is quiet lungs?
The deliberate collapsing of a lung during thoracic operations to facilitate surgical procedure by absence of movement.
Why seal open chest wound?
Prevent air from entering the potential space in the pariatal lining and collapsing the lung.
Why the pressure in pleural fluid is negative?
The negative pressure in the pleural fluid helps maintain the lung's inflation and expansion by creating a pulling force that keeps the lungs against the chest wall. This negative pressure is necessary for the lungs to remain inflated and for effective breathing to occur. It also helps to prevent the lungs from collapsing.
Which fluid is filled in foetus lungs at 8th month?
At around the 8th month of gestation, the lungs of the fetus are filled with a fluid called amniotic fluid. This fluid is crucial for lung development and helps prepare the fetus for breathing air after birth. The lungs also begin producing surfactant, a substance that reduces surface tension and prevents the alveoli from collapsing, which is essential for proper breathing once the baby is born.
What is it called when a baby has air and fluid around the lung instead of in the lung?
Pleurisy Pleurisy
What is Gamble's solution?
simulated lung fluid
What is the medical term meaning abnormal accumulation of fluid or other material within the lung that can be seen on xray or other radiologic evaluation?
An infiltrate is an accumulation of fluid or other material seen in the lung on imaging.
What medication dries up fluid on the lung?
Talc is a medication drug that closes and stops leakage from lungs. Doctors use it to control fluid in the lung,
