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What is a surfactant and how does it affect inflation of the lungs?
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What maintains the lung inflation during fetal developmnet?
Surfactant
What is the purpose of inflation reflex?
To prevent over inflation of the lungs.
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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 maintains the lung inflation during fetal developmnet?
Surfactant
What would happen if surfactant were not present?
Without surfactant, the wet surfaces of the alveoli in your lungs would stick together and your lungs would not be able to expand.
How effective is surfactant therapy?
Normally surfactant replacement therapy keeps the infant alive until the lungs start producing their own surfactant.
What is the name of the liquid found in the lining of the lungs?
Surfactant
Phospholipid that allows the lungs to expand with ease?
Surfactant
Does surfactant promote elastic recoil of the lungs?
yes
How does surfactant affect the total air flow into lungs?
Surfactant is similar to a detergent, it keeps the fluid coating the lining of the alveoli from creating surface tension. This allows the alveoli to expand without hindrance, and allows greater air flow.
Breathing properly requires the presence of what compound that affects surface tension of alveoli in the lungs?
The correct answer is Surfactant
What is gas exchange in the lungs facilitated by?
adequate amounts of surfactant
What two factors prevent the lungs from collapsing?
surfactant- the substance that your lungs produces. Also continuous pressure from the air in there.
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 :)
