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respiratory dead space

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respiratory dead space [′res·prə‚tȯr·ē ′ded ‚spās]
(physiology)
That part of the respiratory system which has no alveoli and in which little or no exchange of gas between air and blood takes place.


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Alveolar ventilation was used because the pulmonary minute ventilation includes mixed exhaled breath that contains both alveolar (end-tidal) gas and inhaled gas from the respiratory dead space where there is no gas exchange.
 
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