A cell membrane is also known as a plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane. The cell membrane separates the interior of a cell from its outside environment. The main function of a cell membrane is to protect the cell from its surroundings.
assisted ventilation. Definition: application of mechanically or manually generated positive pressure to gas(es) in or about the airway during inhalation as a means of augmenting the movement of gases into the lungs. Synonym(s): assisted respiration. Search Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
Alveolar ventilation refers to the amount of gas that reaches the alveoli during a breath. Deadspace ventilation refers to the rest of the gas taken in during a breath that stays in spaces not capable of gas exchange, like the trachea and conducti...