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Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Total Lung Capacity > Closing Volume
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System > Respiratory Function Tests > Lung Volume Measurements > Total Lung Capacity > Closing Volume

Preferred term

Closing Volume  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The lung volume at which the dependent lung zones cease to ventilate presumably as a result of airway closure.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JG2K1S7R-N

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