Compliance Distensibility(stretchability) Ease with which the lungs can expand The compliance is inversely proportional to elastic resistance Change in lung volume per change in transpulmonary pressure △V/P 100 x more distensible than a balloon Specific compliance(比顺应性):the compliance per unit volume 1616 Compliance • Distensibility (stretchability): – Ease with which the lungs can expand. – The compliance is inversely proportional to elastic resistance • Change in lung volume per change in transpulmonary pressure.  DV/DP • 100 x more distensible than a balloon. • Specific compliance (比顺应性）: the compliance per unit volume