Curriculum Objective
Objective
General Objectives
General Objectives
Explain the normal mechanics of lung inflation and deflation, including the role of intrapleural pressure in inflation of the lung and the role of tissue elasticity and surface tension in elastic recoil of the lung.
Curriculum Block
Part 1 / Medical Foundation 1 / Respirology
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Activities
Tutorial
Tags
Basic Sciences
Physiology
Curriculum Block
Part 1
Medical Foundation 1
Respirology
Curriculum Week
Part 1
Discipline
Pulmonary Medicine
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
MeSH
Work of Breathing [G09.772.965]
Respiratory System [A04]
Lung [A04.411]
Respiration [G09.772.705]
Respiratory Mechanics [G09.772.705.700]
