Functional Residual Capacity
"Functional Residual Capacity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The volume of air remaining in the LUNGS at the end of a normal, quiet expiration. It is the sum of the RESIDUAL VOLUME and the EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME. Common abbreviation is FRC.
| Descriptor ID |
D005652
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.386.700.485.750.275 G09.772.850.390
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| Concept/Terms |
Functional Residual Capacity- Functional Residual Capacity
- Capacities, Functional Residual
- Capacity, Functional Residual
- Functional Residual Capacities
- Residual Capacities, Functional
- Residual Capacity, Functional
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