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Action of breathing — Part 2: Volume

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Describes how the volume of air that enters and exits our lungs can be monitored by a spirometer.

Posted on November 23, 2014

This video describes how the volume of air that enters and exits our lungs can be monitored by a spirometer. The changes in volume during this process of breathing can be graphed and described by different terms. This graph can be useful for determining respiratory pathologies.

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