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Tuberculosis is a disease in it's own right and can effect many parts of the body including the lungs. It is not cancer and normally much easier to cure.

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What is respiratory compliance?

Respiratory compliance refers to the ability of the lungs and chest wall to expand and contract in response to changes in pressure. It is a measure of how easily the lungs can stretch and how well they can return to their resting state. High compliance means the lungs are flexible and easy to inflate, while low compliance means they are stiff and difficult to inflate.


What kind of blood does lungs have?

Same blood as everywhere else. The difference is the gases in the blood: it enters the lungs low on oxygen and high in CO2, it leaves high in oxygen and low in CO2.


What chamber pumps low oxygen high carbon dioxide blood out of the heart back to the lungs?

The right ventricle pumps blood low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide back to the lungs.


Where do Oxygen and Carbon dioxide move from high concentration to low concentration?

Oxygen moves from high concentration in the lungs to low concentration in the blood for delivery to tissues, while carbon dioxide moves from high concentration in the tissues to low concentration in the lungs for removal from the body.


What makes tidal volume high or low?

Tidal volume is determined by the amount of air moving in and out of the lungs with each normal breath. Factors that can affect tidal volume include lung compliance, respiratory muscle strength, and the body's oxygen demand. High tidal volume may occur during exercise or in conditions such as acute respiratory distress syndrome, while low tidal volume can be seen in conditions like restrictive lung diseases or when a person is at rest.


What is high compliance?

Compliance usually refers to "how likely you are to follow given advice, when the advice is correct". Generally compliance refers to how likely you are to follow doctors advice, drug regimes etc... High compliance means that "lots of people are doing what they should be doing". Low compliance would be very few people following given advice.


What is the normal low and high temperature in Croatia?

i did thia quition


What is it called when the oxygen in your lungs moves from the air spaces from high concentration to low concentration?

breathing


As you ehxale the bronchioles in the lungs release most of their air?

The air pressure changes inside and outside the body, breathing takes place.In normal conditions,air moves from high pressure area to low pressure are.


Do the lungs have a high or low surface area to volume ratio?

High - each branch inside the lungs sub-divides many, many times. This dramatically increases the surface area in relation to the actual volume.


Which tides are higher then normal during a high tide low or high tides and why?

do you mean spring tide


What are the basic tones in English?

(1)Low,(2)Normal,(3),high