anatomic dead space
English
Alternative forms
- anatomical dead space
Noun
anatomic dead space (countable and uncountable, plural anatomic dead spaces)
- (anatomy) That volume of conducting airways of the lung, as measured by a cast of the airways.
- (physiology) That volume of inspired gas that does not mix with alveolar gas, as measured in vivo by gas dilution, by the method of Fowler.
Synonyms
- Fowler dead space
- series dead space
References
- Arend Bouhuys. 1964. "Respiratory dead space." in Handbook of Physiology. Section 3: Respiration. Vol 1. Wallace O. Fenn and Hermann Rahn (eds). Washington: American Physiological Society.
- John B. West. 2011. Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Ninth edition. →ISBN.