10. What is surfactant? _______________________________________________________
11. What is the respiratory membrane? __________________________________________
12. What is the blood supply to the lungs? ________________________________________
13. Define: pulmonary ventilation, external respiration and internal respiration.
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14. What is Boyles Law? _______________________________________________________
15. Briefly list the main steps to how inhalation occurs. ______________________________
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16. What are the main muscles of inhalation? _____________________________________
17. Why is exhalation a passive process? _________________________________________
18. What is surface tension? ___________________________________________________
19. Explain high and low compliance of the lungs. How can compliance be affected?
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20. What are the tidal volume and respiratory rates of an average healthy horse?
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