Tutorials
Tutorials are linear presentations of concepts with questions interspersed.
Illustrations and animations are used to reinforce the ideas. They are
designed to be the initial introduction to the topic.
Objective: User will be able to understand the origin of the pressure-volume
curve of the lung and chest wall and how to interpolate the graph.
- Topics:
- Lung compliance
- Statics
- Recoil pressure of the lung
- Recoil pressure of the chest wall
Estimated time to complete this tutorial: 15 minutes
Objective: User will be able to describe the sequence of events that occur
during quiet breathing.
- Topics:
- Pressures causing air to flow
- Atmospheric pressure
- Pleural pressure
- Alveloar pressure
Estimated time to complete tutorial: 8 minutes
Last modified, December 26, 1995
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