Physiological dead space | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 17/05/2019

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00:01:32 1 Components
00:01:51 1.1 Anatomical dead space
00:03:10 1.2 Alveolar dead space
00:03:42 2 Calculating the dead space
00:05:35 2.1 Physiological dead space
00:07:15 2.2 Alveolar dead space
00:10:18 2.3 Anatomic dead space
00:11:13 3 Dead space and the ventilated patient
00:12:00 4 Mechanical dead space
00:13:22 5 See also



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In physiology, dead space is the volume of air which is inhaled that does not take part in the gas exchange, either because it (1) remains in the conducting airways, or (2) reaches alveoli that are not perfused or poorly perfused. In other words, not all the air in each breath is available for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Mammals breathe in and out of their lungs, wasting that part of the inhalation which remains in the conducting airways where no gas exchange can occur.
Benefits do accrue to a seemingly wasteful design for ventilation that includes dead space.
Carbon dioxide is retained, making a bicarbonate-buffered blood and interstitium possible.
Inspired air is brought to body temperature, increasing the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen, improving O2 uptake.
Particulate matter is trapped on the mucus that lines the conducting airways, allowing its removal by mucociliary transport.
Inspired air is humidified, improving the quality of airway mucus.In humans, about a third of every resting breath has no change in O2 and CO2 levels. In adults, it is usually in the range of 150 mL.Dead space can be increased (and better envisioned) by breathing through a long tube, such as a snorkel. Even though one end of the snorkel is open to the air, when the wearer breathes in, they inhale a significant quantity of air that remained in the snorkel from the previous exhalation. Thus, a snorkel increases the person's dead space by adding even more "airway" that doesn't participate in gas exchange.