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Chris T. 2011-2012
 * THE STUDY OF HOW ASTHMA AFFECTS THE TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY AND MAXIMUM LUNG VELOCITY OF A HUMAN **

The purpose of this experiment was to see how much of an affect asthma has on the bronchi and how it affects human’s breathing. The lungs are a complex group of organs that are used in the respiratory system. The most common disease for the lungs is asthma, and every one out of four Americans have it. The method for the first experiment was to take volunteer’s (with and without asthma) average lung velocity (L). The results were that the volunteers with asthma had a lower lung velocity than the volunteers without asthma. Asthma had a lower lung capacity because asthma makes the bronchi constrict, letting less air come in at once.
 * ABSTRACT **


 * CONCLUSION **

The results of the experiments show that the volunteers that had asthma had a lower lung velocity and lung capacity than the volunteers without asthma. This data is important to the world because it shows that even if humans with asthma don’t feel it, the asthma is still there and it affects human’s breathing. It was expected that the volunteers with asthma would have a lower lung capacity than the volunteers without asthma. Some follow-up experiments that could be done in the future could be to test the heart rate of volunteers with and without asthma.