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  2. Respiratory sounds - Wikipedia

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    Respiratory sounds, also known as lung sounds or breath sounds, are the specific sounds generated by the movement of air through the respiratory system. [1] These may be easily audible or identified through auscultation of the respiratory system through the lung fields with a stethoscope as well as from the spectral characteristics of lung ...

  3. Hering–Breuer reflex - Wikipedia

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    Hering–Breuer reflex. The Hering–Breuer inflation reflex, named for Josef Breuer and Ewald Hering, [1] [2] [3] is a reflex triggered to prevent the over-inflation of the lung. Pulmonary stretch receptors present on the wall of bronchi and bronchioles of the airways respond to excessive stretching of the lung during large inspirations.

  4. Exhalation - Wikipedia

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    Exhalation (or expiration) is the flow of the breath out of an organism. In animals, it is the movement of air from the lungs out of the airways , to the external environment during breathing . This happens due to elastic properties of the lungs, as well as the internal intercostal muscles which lower the rib cage and decrease thoracic volume.

  5. Catathrenia - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms. groaning or moaning during sleep. Catathrenia or nocturnal groaning is a sleep-related breathing disorder, consisting of end-inspiratory apnea (breath holding) and expiratory groaning during sleep. It describes a rare condition characterized by monotonous, irregular groans while sleeping. [1] Catathrenia begins with a deep inspiration.

  6. Muscles of respiration - Wikipedia

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    Muscles of respiration. The muscles of respiration are the muscles that contribute to inhalation and exhalation, by aiding in the expansion and contraction of the thoracic cavity. The diaphragm and, to a lesser extent, the intercostal muscles drive respiration during quiet breathing. The elasticity of these muscles is crucial to the health of ...

  7. Spiky creature heard ‘cooing’ in first-of-its-kind audio. It ...

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    As three spiky creatures walked out of a rock cave in Australia, a nearby microphone captured their wheezing, exhales and “cooing.” The first-of-its-kind audio settled a scientific debate and ...

  8. High-frequency ventilation - Wikipedia

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    High-frequency ventilation is a type of mechanical ventilation which utilizes a respiratory rate greater than four times the normal value [1] (>150 (V f) breaths per minute) and very small tidal volumes. [2] [3] High frequency ventilation is thought to reduce ventilator-associated lung injury (VALI), especially in the context of ARDS and acute ...

  9. Breathing - Wikipedia

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    Real-time magnetic resonance imaging of the human thorax during breathing X-ray video of a female American alligator while breathing.. Breathing (spiration or ventilation) is the rhythmical process of moving air into and out of the lungs to facilitate gas exchange with the internal environment, mostly to flush out carbon dioxide and bring in oxygen.