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ATP
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nucleotide in all living organisms, produced during respiration and important for the transfer of energy.
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internal intercostal muscles
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lie between the ribs, contraction leads to inspiration.
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external intercostal muscles
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lie between the ribs, contraction leads to expiration.
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emphysema
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a diease in which the walls of the alveoli break down, reducing the surface area for gas exchange, causing breathlessness.
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asthma
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a resistance to air flow to alveoli of the lungs, as a result of the airways being inflamed - due to allergic response to an allergen.
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allergen
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a normally harmless sustance that causes the immune system to produce an immune response.
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collagen
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fibrous protiens that mainly makes up the connective tissues, such a tendons and cartilage.
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