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The main function or job of a surfactant is to reduce surface tension. This process is used on liquids while it dissolves.

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What is the name of a mixture of oil and water?

It would be called a "disaster" if we are talking about a mixture of oil and water in the crankcase of your engine. An emulsion if you are looking for a definition. _______________ Water and oil do not always form an emulsion. You can try adding oil to a glass of water or the other way round. Emulsions will only form when the mixture is shaken vigorously and soap (surfactant) is present.


What is the difference among wheezing ronchi stridor and crackle sounds?

Breathsound are divided into Vesicular breath sounds(Normal) and Adventitious breath sounds (abnormal). Adventitious breath sounds are divided in Continuos lung sound(>80 ms) and Discontinuos lung sounds(<20 ms). Continuos lung sounds consist of Wheeze and Rhonchi. Wheeze is high pitched musical sounds especially produced in the setting of Bronchospasm ,mucosal edema or excessive secretions. Rhonchi is lowpitched sonorous sound and may have gurgling quality.they originate in larger airways when there is excessive secretions,abnormal airway collapsibility due to repetitive rupture of surfactant film covering alveoli. Rhonchi frequently clear after cough post tussive clearing. Always ask patient to turn aside and cough if u hear abnormal breath sounds. Now coming to discontinuos sound those are Crackles or rales Coarse >10 ms and fine crackles <10 ms. Fine crackles are soft and high piched sounds,crisp in nature,they are formed by explosive opening of small airways, (terminal bronchioles to alveoli) commonly seen in acute pulmonary edema and Interstial lung disease(post tussive rale they donot clear infact become more afer coughing), Coarse crepts are caused by air bubbling through fluid they are loud and low pitched sounds produced in Pneumonia,Obstructive lung disease and chronic pulmonary edema.


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What do surfactant do?

A surface-active agent 'surfactant' usually cleans something. ie -soap is a surfactant.


Surfactant that cover the respiratory membranes?

Surfactant is pleural fluid.


How effective is surfactant therapy?

Normally surfactant replacement therapy keeps the infant alive until the lungs start producing their own surfactant.


Which surfactant lacks in a new born baby?

I have never heard the surfactant called anything specific. Full term babies usually have surfactant (a mixture of lipids (fats) and proteins). Premature babies many times do not have enough surfactant to keep the alveoli of their lungs open, so artificial surfactant is put into the trachea, sometimes more than once.


What is coconut diethanolamide?

surfactant


Cas number of Triton DF-20 surfactant?

28805-58-5 < 63.0 %;Anionic surfactant blend > 35.0 %


Breathing properly requires the presence of what compound that affects surface tension of alveoli in the lungs?

The correct answer is Surfactant


What is the difference between mucus surfactant and pleural fluid?

Surfactant is when your mum produces something bad into the mouth of your daddy


How are surfactant cella involved with keeping the alveoli from callapsing?

The surfactant doesn't allow the sides of the alveoli form sticking together. Infants that are born very early don't make surfactant and so have many problems.


Name of surfactant that breaks surface tension in the lungs?

Am pretty sure its called the pulmonary surfactant that's produced from the lungs


How can surfactant replacement therapy be avoided?

The only way to prevent the need for surfactant replacement therapy is to prevent a premature birth.


What is the mixture of lipoproteins called?

Surfactant