Mechanics of Respiration

Cheng, Hwee Ming; Jusof, Felicita

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Mechanics of Respiration

Hwee Ming Cheng³ &
Felicita Jusof⁴

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Definition: Tidal volume is the volume of air breathed in (inspired) or breathed out (expired) during a respiratory cycle. Note that for cardiac stroke volume, it is only the ejected ventricular volume that is indicated, not the inflow of blood volume into the ventricles.

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Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hwee Ming Cheng
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Cheng, H.M., Jusof, F. (2018). Mechanics of Respiration. In: Defining Physiology: Principles, Themes, Concepts. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0499-6_6

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