KROK 1 2020 – Question 108 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A person developed increased pulmonary ventilation due to physical exertion. What indicator of pulmonary function will be significantly increased compared to the resting state?
- A. Respiratory volume
- B. Expiratory reserve volume
- C. Total lung capacity
- D. Vital lung capacity
- E. Inspiratory reserve volume
Hint
Ventilation equals breathing frequency multiplied by the size of each breath; decide which listed indicators are fixed limits of the lungs and which one changes with the depth of breathing.
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