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Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Airway Resistance

Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System > Respiratory Function Tests > Airway Resistance

Preferred term

Airway Resistance

Topical Descriptor

Respiratory Mechanics

Physiologically, the opposition to flow of air caused by the forces of friction. As a part of pulmonary function testing, it is the ratio of driving pressure to the rate of air flow.

History note

70

hengitysteiden virtausvastus

Finnish
hengitysteiden vastus
ilmateiden vastus
ilmateiden virtausvastus
Luftvägsmotstånd

Swedish
Luftvägsresistens

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000403

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