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An 80-kg (176-lb) patient is being ventilated in volume control mode. During a ventilator check, the therapist notes that the compliance has decreased from 40 mL/cm H2O to 35 mL/cm H2O. What effect will this change in compliance have on volume?

Match the medical term related to the respiratory system on the right with its meaning on the left. 

All the electrical appliances you use should be _____ certified.

When working with electricity, appliances with a _____ offer the most protection for you and your clients.

Air contains many substances, including nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor, and is an example of a _____.

It is estimated that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer and that 90 percent of those cancers will be the result of exposure to _____.

What is a type of cold light that is blocked by the ozone layer?

What is the study of substances that lack the element carbon, but may contain the element hydrogen?

Mutually soluble liquids that can be mixed together to form clear solutions are _____.

A stable physical mixture of two or more substances in a solvent is a(n) _____.