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  • Thumbnail for Respiratory tract
    The respiratory tract is the subdivision of the respiratory system involved with the process of conducting air to the alveoli for the purposes of gas exchange...
    25 KB (3,061 words) - 17:22, 17 August 2024
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    land animals, the respiratory surface is internalized as linings of the lungs. Gas exchange in the lungs occurs in millions of small air sacs; in mammals...
    95 KB (11,266 words) - 14:27, 29 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Respiratory disease
    Respiratory diseases, or lung diseases, are pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange difficult in air-breathing...
    33 KB (3,479 words) - 06:34, 7 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Respiratory failure
    well. Different types of conditions may cause respiratory failure: Conditions that reduce the flow of air into and out of the lungs, including physical...
    18 KB (1,806 words) - 03:25, 14 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Respiratory therapist
    A respiratory therapist is a specialized healthcare practitioner trained in critical care and cardio-pulmonary medicine in order to work therapeutically...
    60 KB (6,391 words) - 05:43, 19 August 2024
  • air of the lungs and perfusion is the circulation of blood in the pulmonary capillaries. In mammals, physiological respiration involves respiratory cycles...
    7 KB (768 words) - 22:41, 21 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bronchiole
    respiratory bronchioles which divide into alveolar ducts. Terminal bronchioles mark the end of the conducting division of air flow in the respiratory...
    10 KB (1,093 words) - 19:16, 6 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for Respiratory sounds
    Respiratory sounds, also known as lung sounds or breath sounds, are the specific sounds generated by the movement of air through the respiratory system...
    13 KB (996 words) - 09:56, 2 April 2024
  • The respiratory rate is the rate at which breathing occurs; it is set and controlled by the respiratory center of the brain. A person's respiratory rate...
    10 KB (1,183 words) - 16:05, 3 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Respiratory arrest
    Respiratory arrest is a serious medical condition caused by apnea or respiratory dysfunction severe enough that it will not sustain the body (such as agonal...
    33 KB (4,183 words) - 03:36, 21 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Respiratory droplet
    A respiratory droplet is a small aqueous droplet produced by exhalation, consisting of saliva or mucus and other matter derived from respiratory tract...
    20 KB (2,065 words) - 02:55, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lung volumes
    of air in the lungs at different phases of the respiratory cycle. The average total lung capacity of an adult human male is about 6 litres of air. Tidal...
    13 KB (1,280 words) - 10:20, 12 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Infant respiratory distress syndrome
    Infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS), also known as surfactant deficiency disorder (SDD), and previously called hyaline membrane disease (HMD)...
    39 KB (4,388 words) - 04:42, 19 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Respiratory center
    The respiratory center is located in the medulla oblongata and pons, in the brainstem. The respiratory center is made up of three major respiratory groups...
    15 KB (1,842 words) - 17:41, 12 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Respiratory syncytial virus
    Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), also called human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) and human orthopneumovirus, is a contagious virus that causes infections...
    98 KB (9,900 words) - 16:33, 21 July 2024
  • though large gliding and soaring birds tend to have the most. Respiratory air sacs often form air pockets within the semi-hollow bones of the bird's skeleton...
    82 KB (9,632 words) - 01:56, 18 July 2024
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    Lung (redirect from Respiratory lobule)
    reptiles and birds use different dedicated respiratory muscles to facilitate breathing, while in primitive tetrapods, air was driven into the lungs by the pharyngeal...
    106 KB (11,827 words) - 11:39, 22 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Respiratory examination
    A respiratory examination, or lung examination, is performed as part of a physical examination, in response to respiratory symptoms such as shortness of...
    15 KB (1,712 words) - 19:11, 12 August 2024
  • the air sacs which would cause more air to move through the parabronchi. This would then increase the uptake of oxygen stored in the respiratory system...
    34 KB (3,861 words) - 13:59, 23 August 2024
  • Respiratory adaptation is the specific change that the respiratory system undergoes in response to the demands of physical exertion. Intense physical exertion...
    4 KB (465 words) - 02:24, 19 March 2024
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