1. How many generations of dichotomous branching are there in the airway tree
2. Which generations make up the 2 zones
3. What is the role of the first zone
4. What are the terminal bronchioles
5. How much is the anatomic dead space
6. How are bronchiolar airways maintained open and what is its vascular system called
7. How long does it take for the RBCs to pass the respiratory zone
8. What is the advantage of the velocity profile of the air and what causes this
9. What is Fick’s law of diffusion
10. What is the surface area for exchange, how many alveoli
11. What is the separation of air and blood
12. How thick is the layer of pleural fluid
13. Why is interpleural pressure normally negative and how negative is it
14. Which membrane divides the chest into two airtight compartments
15. What are the three transmural pressures and how are they calculated
16. What is intrapleural pressure during end inspiration
17. What is a capacity with regard to volumes
18. What are the lung capacities and volumes
19. What are STPD and BTPS conditions