Chapter 23, Problem 1CT

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The reason if a person’s vital capacity is measured while standing and lying down.

Introduction:

Vital capacity (VC) is the most extreme measure of air an individual can remove from the lungs after a greatest inward breath. It is equivalent to the sum of inspiratory save volume, tidal volume, and expiratory conserve volume. Standard spirometer is the unit to measure a vital capacity of an individual.