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Abstract
The volume of air contained in the lungs at the end of a maximal inspiration. It is the equivalent to each of the following sums: VITAL CAPACITY plus RESIDUAL VOLUME; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY plus FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; TIDAL VOLUME plus INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME plus functional residual capacity; or tidal volume plus inspiratory reserve volume plus EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME plus residual volume.
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- Lung Capacity, Total
- Capacities, Total Lung
- Capacity, Total Lung
- Lung Capacities, Total
- Total Lung Capacities
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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91(75); was see under LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS 1975-90
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Total Lung Capacity. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014109. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014109
- Total Lung Capacity. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_lung_capacity
- Total Lung Capacity. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11821184