What Is the Volume of the Respiratory Pathway That Is

question 106

Multiple Choice

What is the volume of the respiratory pathway that is NOT able to exchange gases (conducting pathway) called?

• A)anatomical dead space
• B)functional residual volume
• C)dead volume
• D)functional dead space
• E)residual volume

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