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... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System > Respiratory Function Tests > Pulmonary Gas Exchange > Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
Metabolism > Biological Transport > Respiratory Transport > Pulmonary Gas Exchange > Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
... > Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Respiration > Respiratory Transport > Pulmonary Gas Exchange > Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio

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Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The ratio of alveolar ventilation to simultaneous alveolar capillary blood flow in any part of the lung. (Stedman, 25th ed)

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