Which of the Following Tests Is Considered More Sensitive for Detection

question 32

Multiple Choice

Which of the following tests is considered more sensitive for detection of small airway obstruction than FEF_25-75% or FEV₁?

• A) PEF
• B) The volume of isoflow (V_isoV.)
• C) FEV₁/FVC
• D) Dynamic compliance

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Definitions:

Passive Continental Margin

A region where the transition between oceanic and continental lithosphere that is not an active plate boundary occurs.

Oceanic Ridge

Underwater mountain systems formed by plate tectonics, consisting of continuous volcanic mountain chains in the ocean.

Trench

A narrow, steep-sided, elongate depression of the deep seafloor, formed by bending down of a subducting oceanic plate at a convergent plate boundary; includes the deepest parts of the ocean.

Trench Rollback

Process by which a dense oceanic plate subducts into the asthenosphere, sinks, and tends to bend or roll away from the island arc.