alveolar dead space

English

Noun

alveolar dead space (countable and uncountable, plural alveolar dead spaces)

1. (physiology) The volume of air in the alveoli of the lung which does not partake in the exchange of gas.
   • 1957, J. W. Severinghaus, M. Stupfel, Alveolar dead space as an index of distribution of blood flaw in pulmonary capillaries. J. Appl. Physiol. 10: 335-348:

     Alveolar dead space is herein defined as the difference between the physiologic and anatomic dead spaces.

Synonyms

• parallel dead space

Translations

air in the lung which does not partake in gas exchange

• Portuguese: espaço morto m

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.