Equine Physiology Workbook

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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