
Ventilation is the rhythmic expansion and contraction of the mixing chamber in such a manner that during each cycle a volume, Ir,, of air is drawn in through the connecting tube. This chamber is the site of transfer of tied quantities of oxygen and carbon dioxide per minute.

The simplest respiratory model consists of a tube, the ârespiratory dead space,â connecting the outside air to the lung, the latter being regarded as a single expansible chamber with the property that no gradients of concentration exist within it at any time during the respiratory cycle. Nitrogen Clearance Curves: Apparent Respiratory.

Nitrogen Clearance Curves: Apparent Respiratory Dead Space and its Significance Studies of Lung Volume and Intrapulmonary Mixing. Studies of Lung Volume and Intrapulmonary Mixing.
