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Respiration is also known as...
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Aerobic Metabolism
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Respiration depends on a study supply of ...
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oxygen and nutrients from the environment
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Respiration depends on the removal of ...
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Carbon Dioxide
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Respiratory System facilitates exchange of ___________ between ________________ and ________________
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gases
atmosphere blood |
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Respiratory system regulates ...
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body pH
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Respiratory System protects against ...
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inhaled pathogens and irritating substances
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The Respiratory system also controls ...
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Vocalization
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the movement of gases between the environment and the body's cells
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External Respiration
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The actions of external respiration are ...
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Ventilation
Exchange of O2 and CO2 between lungs and blood transport of O2 and CO2 by blood Exchange of gases between blood and cells |
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Respiratory system includes ...
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conductin system of passages, alveoli, bones and muscles
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A conducting system of passageways is ...
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airways that lead from the external environment to exchange at the surface of the lungs
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The smallest unit of the respiratory system
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The alveolus
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series of interconnected sacs and their associated pulmonary capillaries
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Alveoli
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What is the surface where O2 moves from inhaled air to blood and CO2 moves from blood to exhaled air
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Alveoli
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bones and muscles of the thorax in and abdomen assist in ...
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Ventilation
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mouth, nasal cavity, pharynx and larynx are all part of the ...
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upper respiratory
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trachea, two primary bronchi and their branches and the lungs are all part of the ...
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lower respiratory
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The order of air on its way to the lungs
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mouth and nose
pharynx larynx trachea thorax primary bronchi then smaller bronchi |
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the passage common for food, liquid and air is the ...
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pharynx
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the passage solely for air is the ...
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larynx
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what contains the vocal cords
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larynx
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the connective tissue band that tightens to create sound when air moves past it
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vocal cords
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what is the action of the vocal cords that makes the sound
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tightening of the band
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what holds open the trachia
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rings
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how many bronchus per lung
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1
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semi rigid tubes involved in respiration
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bronchi
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the smallest bronchi branches are called
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bronchioles
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what are small collapsible passageways with walls of smooth muscle
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bronchioles
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more branching increases ...
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cross sectional surface area (similar to going from aorta to capillaries)
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bones and muscles that surround the spine and ribcage make up the
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thoracic cage
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the diaphragm forms the floor of the
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thoracic cage
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what connects the 12 pairs of ribs
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intercostal muscles
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Consist of light spongy tissue whose volume is occupied by mostly air-filled spaces
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lungs
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The lungs consist of __________ tissue
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spongy
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What occupies most of the volume in the lungs
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air filled spaces
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What surrounds the lungs
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pleural membrane
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______________ is elastic connective tissues and capillaries, whose opposing layers of which are filled with ______________
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pleural membrane
pleural fluid |
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air filled balloon
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lungs
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water filled balloon
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pleural sac
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what is the lipoprotein secreted onto alveolar surface that decreases surface tension and helps air exchange
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surfactant
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there is more surface tension on ___________ alveoli
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smaller
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Deoxygenated blood from the right of the heart goes to __________ through the ______________
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alveoli
pulmonary artery |
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Oxygenated blood from the left of the heart goes to ____________ through the _____________
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conducting airways
bronchial artery |
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almost all blood returns to the ______ heart via ________________
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left
pulmonary veins |
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AIrways perform these actions to inspired air
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warm
Humidify Filter |
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What do the airways do to the temperature of inspired air
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warm it to body temperature
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Why must the air be the same as body temperature
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so that the core body temperature doesn't change
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What air damages alveoli
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cold air
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adding water vapor until it reaches 100%, so the exchanged epithelium does not dry out
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Humidify
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What do the airways do to the the inspired air to rid it of foreign material like viruses, bacteria, and inorganic particles
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filter
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what are bathed in a watery saline layer
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ciliated epithelium
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Ciliated epithelium are bathed in a watery __________ layer
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saline
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epithelial cells secrete ________ which is followed by __________
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Cl-
water |
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disruption of the Cl- or H20 channels causes
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cystic fibrosis
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inadequate fluid, cilia trapped in mucus, and bacteria colonizing airways are all symptoms of
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cystic fibrosis
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site for gas exchange takes place at _______________ in the
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single layer of epithelium
alveoli |
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The epithelium contain ________ types of ___________ which are ...
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2
cells type I cells and type II cells |
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Type I cells make up _________ percent and are
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95%
so thin gas can diffuse through |
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Type II cels make up __________ percent and
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5%
release surfactant |
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what forms a sheet of blood in close contact with airy-alveoli
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the alveolar neighbor capillaries and blood vessels
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the alveoli neighbor capillaries and blood vessels fill ______ of the space between alveoli
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80-90%
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the flow of oxygen-depleted blood that has returned to the heart, enters in through the _______________
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pulmonary arteriole
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the flow of freshly oxygenated blood flows through the _______________ to get back to the heart
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pulmonary venule
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the capillary network that covers the surface of the alveolus, helps to facilitate
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oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange
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at any given moment, pulmonary circulation contains ________ of blood
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0.5 Liter
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Rate of blood flow through the lungs is much ___________ than other tissues because the lungs receive the entire ______________ of the _____________ which comes at a speed of ___________
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higher
CO RIght Ventricle 5L/min |
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pulmonary pressure is __________
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low
(25/8 mm Hg) |
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The ________________ doesn't have to pump as intensely because the ____________ is low
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Right ventricles
resistance |
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resistance is caused by
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distance and cross sectional area
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the larger the cross sectional area for flow the ________ the resistance
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lower
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the shorter the distance for blood to travel the ____________ the resistance
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lower
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the smaller the cross sectional area for flow the ____________ the resistance
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larger
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the larger the distance for the blood to cross the ____________ the resistance
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larger
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the ideal gas law is _____________ which teaches that _________ and ____________ are _____________ related
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PV=nRT
Pressure Volume inversely (V= 1/P) |
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Pressure and volume change ___________
Shown by the equation... |
together
P1V1=P2V2 |
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total pressure of a mixture of gases is the _______ of the pressures of ____________ gases
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sum
the individual |
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at sea level the atmospheric pressure is
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760mm Hg
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Oxygen is _______ of the atmosphere
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21%
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Partial pressure of oxygen is ...
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160mm Hg
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instrument that measures the volume of air moved with each breathe
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spirometer
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Air moved during breathing can be divided into what lung volumes
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Tidal volume
Inspiratory reserve volume Expiratory reserve volume Residual Volume |
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breathing quietly taking in (500mL) creates
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tidal volume
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past the point of normal breath, taking in as much as possible (3000mL)
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Inspiratory Reserve Volume
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after normal exhalation, exhale as much as possible, this air that was extra exhaled is ...
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Expiratory Reserve Volume
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the air remaining in the lungs after maximum exhalation (about 1200mL)
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Residual Volume
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why is there still air in the lungs after exhalation
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because the lungs are held stretched against the ribs
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the sum of the inspiratory and expiratory reserve volume and the tidal volume, the maximum amount of air that can be voluntarily moved in or out of the system in one breath (total lung capacity - residual volume)
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Vital Capacity
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total lung capacity decreases with age as muscles _________ and lungs become _______________
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weaken
less elastic |
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after a normal breath out, the most that can be breathed into the lungs (tidal volume +inspiratory reserve volume)
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Inspiratory Capacity
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The rest of the air left in the lungs after a normal breath out (Expiratory Reserve Volume + Residual Volume)
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Functional Residual Capacity
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for air to move into the alveoli ___________ inside the lungs must become ______ than ___________
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pressure
lower atmospheric pressure |
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during inspiration _____________ increases when muscles of ______________ (25-40%) ___________ (60-75%) contract
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thoracic region
the rib cage diaphragm |
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facilitates lung expansion
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surfactant
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