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| Inspiratory Reserve Volume |
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| amt. of air that can be inhaled abolve tidal inhalation |
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| amt. of air either exhaled or inhaled during quiet respiration |
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| combo of 2 or more volumes |
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| space between the 2 pleura |
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| inner surface of the thorax covered w/another membrane |
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| outer surface of the lungs is covered w/a membrane |
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| under externals and contracts to pull rib cage down decreasing dimensions |
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11 pairs, lie between ribs
contract to elevate ribcage, increase in anterior to posterior dimensions
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| inspiratory checking action |
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| counteracts the relation pressures and promotes the steady lung pressure necessary for phonation |
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| elastic properties that exert a recoil force to return mass to its original size, shape, position |
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occurs when the volume of air in the lungs is moved out at a rate faster than during tidal breathing and/or a greater volume of air is exhaled than during tidal breathing
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| individuals demonstrate diff motor behaviors in response to same stimulus |
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| forces arising from elastic properties acting upon the lungs and thorax to return them to their resting state upon being stretched |
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