Alveolar pressure

Alveolar pressure (Palv) is the pressure of air inside the lung alveoli. When the glottis is opened and no air is flowing into or out of the lungs, alveolar pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure.[1][2]

Alveolar pressure can be deduced from plethysmography.[2]

  1. ^ Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 12th edition. 23 May 2016
  2. ^ a b West, John B.; Luks, Andrew (2016). West's Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials (10th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-1-4963-1011-8.
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