Friday, April 18, 2008
Respiratory Differences Between Children and Adults
In my Anatomy class we learned some of the respratory differences between children and adults. Children have smaller lungs, but per pound, children breathe a greater volume of air per pound bodyweight than adults. Children also have a lower Tidal Volume (TV). This means that children breathe faster and more frequently during exercise. Children have to breathe more air to provide the same quantity of oxygen.
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That's pretty interesting that children have smaller lungs than adults but breathe a greater volume of oxygen per pound. I would never had guessed that. I knew that their lungs were smaller but always thought that everything else would be the same as an adult. I guess you learn something new everyday.
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