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| the distinguishing or specific cell of a gland or organ |
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| membrane enveloping lungs and lining walls of thoracic cavity. |
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| membrane lying directly on the lung |
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| membrane along walls of the chest and diaphragm |
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| increase in the amount of pleural fluid, usually causing chest pain |
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| Collapsed alveoli, can be 'patchy' as after cardiac surgery, or can involve large areas of the lung |
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| oxygen deficiency at the tissue level |
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| difficult or labored breathing |
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| increased rate or depth of breathing, with increase in rate of pulmonary ventilation matching increase in metabolic demand. |
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| increase in rate of pulmonary ventilation greater than increase in metabolic demand. Reseult: respiratory alkalosis. Interstitial alkalosis in the brain causes constriction of arterioles, resulting in mild brain ischemia, manifested as dizziness. |
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| decrease in rate of pulmoary ventilation greater than decrease in metabolic demand. This results in respiratory acidosis. |
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| rapid or shallow breathing |
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| normal amounts of carbon dioxide in body |
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| increased carbon dioxide in body |
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| decreased carbon dioxide in body |
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| volume of air exiting the lungs in one minute. 6 L in an average adult human. |
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| larger than normal breaths that occur automatically at regular intervals in normal subjects, possibly to counteract collapse of alveoli |
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| Obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| disease characterized by an increase in airway resistance, primarily as a property of the conducting airways. Potential causes: aspiration due to a foreign body, buildup of mucus in airway lumen, or constriction of the airway lumen due to the contraction of smooth muscle |
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| disease characterized by the destruction of the alveolar walls, producing a smaller number of large alveoli |
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| any disorder that reduces functional residual capacity, vital capacity, or total lung capacity, thereby making the lungs difficult to inflate |
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| restrictive disease of the lung tissue may decrease the static compliance of the lung -- mainly a property of the alveoli |
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| buildup in the intrapleural space of either air or fluid can restrict the expansion of a vast number of alveoli |
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| buildup in the intrapleural space of AIR, causing restriction of the expansion of a vast number of alveoli |
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| buildup in the intrapleural space of FLUID, causing restriction of the expansion of a vast number of alveoli |
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| Chest wall (in terms of disease) |
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| rigidity of this structure makes it difficult ot increase the thoracic volume |
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| Neuromuscular system (in terms of disease) |
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| failure of this system to drive respiratory muscles appropriately decreases lung efficiency |
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