The compensatory role of an increased air content of the respiratory regions of the lungs

The external respiration parameters were studied in healthy workers of a chemical enterprise (246) and cadets of a police academy (82) for the normal state of the system of external respiration and under the conditions of an increased air content of the respiratory regions of the lungs. It was established that, in healthy subjects, an increased air content is a manifestation of the compensatory reaction of the external respiration system to long-term or regular hypoergosis. The reaction is aimed at increasing gas exchange in the lungs in cases where, for some reason, the oxygen demand of the body is not met completely.