The central pattern generator for ventilation resides in the:

The accompanying Figure 3 shows three hemoglobin-oxygen dissociation curves. Which one most clearly represents a decrease in O2-carrying capacity produced by the Bohr effect?     

Rapidly ascending to high altitude would immediately lead—in a matter of minutes—to what acid-base disorder?

The plethysmographic approach for measuring residual volume (RV) is based upon:

As the generation number of the airways increases, the:

The diffusion of oxygen from alveolar air to pulmonary capillary blood:

Buffering power refers to the:

The accompanying Figure 6 shows the response of total ventilation to changes in arterial PO2. Which curve most clearly represents the effect of conducting the study under conditions of respiratory acidosis?     

The factor that accounts for most of the elastic recoil of the normal lung is:

Surgical closure of the ductus arteriosus would be done to accomplish which of the following?