The comic · Human Anatomy & Physiology (HAP)

Week 14 of 17

APRIL 23 TO 28

Fiction. No real student, family or grade appears.

Drawing, panel 70: Ventilator allocation ethics debate.

The same shape as the transplant question and somehow heavier, because a ventilator decision happens in hours rather than months.

Panel 70Ventilator allocation ethics debate · 2027-04-23
Drawing, panel 71: Alveoli and gas exchange.

Oxygen in, carbon dioxide out, both moving by diffusion down their own gradients across a membrane about half a micrometer thick, two flattened cells and their shared basement membrane.

Panel 71Alveoli and gas exchange
Drawing, panel 72: Spirometry lab.

Measuring our own lung volumes. Tidal volume across three trials, then vital capacity.

ME

I did not fully exhale first. That is why trial one was low, not my lungs.

Panel 72Spirometry lab · 2027-04-27
Drawing, panel 73: Spirometry data CER analysis.

A claim about respiratory capacity using my own numbers, compared to predicted values for height and age.

Panel 73Spirometry data CER analysis · 2027-04-28
Drawing, panel 74: Submit tracker and evidence.

Sunday packet. The CER from Thursday needed a second pass. I had written the claim and called it done.

Panel 74Submit tracker and evidence
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