Respiratory Volumes and Capacities
Respiratory Volumes and Capacities: Overview
This topic discusses the respiratory volumes and capacities and its different types. It mentions the representations of tidal, IR, ER and residual volumes and capacities, along with the methods to calculate them.
Important Questions on Respiratory Volumes and Capacities
IC (Inspiratory capacity) is equal to

The total lung capacity is equal to

Total lung capacity is …… and the value is …….

The vital capacity of the lungs of an average human is_____.

Define vital capacity and total lung capacity.

Tabulate the components present in inspired and expired air.

Define Expiratory Reserve Volume.

What is Inspiratory Reserve Volume?

Define inspiratory capacity

Lung volume is also called respiratory volume. An instrument called a Spirometer helps in measuring Respiratory volumes.

Define Lung volumes?

Write the formula for total lung capacity?

A person breathes in some volume of air by forced inspiration after having a forced expiration. This quantity of air taken in is

Total Lung Capacity can be calculated by the following


A child was killed through asphyxiation. Postmortem confirmed it because a piece of lung put in water


Select the wrong statement.

Which of the following option is wrong for 'total lung capacity (TLC)'?

The volume of air accommodated in our lungs at the end of forced inspiration is
