C6.i · Ventilation-Perfusion (V/Q) Relationships

Official V5 objective

Describe the concepts of global and regional ventilation and perfusion and: a. describe the factors that affect these concepts, b. describe the West's zones of the lung and explain the mechanisms responsible for them, c. explain V/Q matching and mismatching, d. explain the effect of V/Q mismatch on oxygen transfer and carbon dioxide elimination.

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