Respiration
101respiration pyelography — pyelography with a diphasic film showing the kidney under several phases of the respiratory cycle …
102respiration rate — the number of breaths per minute, usually measured by movements of the chest …
103respiration calorimeter — noun : an apparatus for measuring the gaseous exchange between a man or lower animal and the surrounding atmosphere with particular reference to the oxygen consumed and carbon dioxide eliminated and simultaneously the quantity of energy given out …
104Cellular respiration — in a typical eukaryotic cell. Cellular respiration is the set of the metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and then release… …
105Anaerobic respiration — (anaerobiosis) refers to the oxidation of molecules in the absence of oxygen to produce energy, in opposition to aerobic respiration which does use oxygen. Anaerobic respiration processes require another electron acceptor to replace oxygen.… …
106Cheyne-Stokes respiration — ICD 10 R06.3 ICD 9 786.04 MeSH D002639 …
107Artificial respiration — Intervention ICD 9 CM 93.93 MeSH …
108Maintenance respiration — (or maintenance energy) refers to metabolism occurring in an organism that is needed to maintain that organism in a healthy, living state. It is distinguished from growth respiration. In plants Maintenance respiration in plants refers to the… …
109Control of respiration — Control of ventilation refers to the physiological mechanisms involved in the control of physiologic ventilation. Gas exchange primarily controls the rate of respiration. The most important function of breathing is gas exchange (of oxygen and… …
110Aquatic respiration — is the process whereby an aquatic animal obtains oxygen from water. Earth s natural bodies of water have a low oxygen concentration much lower than the level of oxygen in air at the earth s surface. Smaller organisms can obtain sufficient oxygen… …
