Airway Resistance
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Mechanics of Ventilation — Medical Physiology: A Cellular And Molecular Approaoch▶ 5:02Not alwaysIf you do a forced expiration, like blowing hard, or even if you're breathing quietly but have a condition like asthma that…Then you need extra helpVentilation & Mechanics of Breathing Explained — Medical Physiology: Principles for Clinical Medicine▶ 41:06Okay, so we've established that the work of breathing is required to overcome these elastic recoil forces we just discussed, and also…Let's turn our attention to airway resistanceAirway resistance constitutes about 80 of the total resistance to flow in the respiratory systemMechanics of Breathing Explained — Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach▶ 22:32What about resistance to flowAirway resistanceThis is all about the diameter of the tubes