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  2. Respiratory tract - Wikipedia

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    The alveoli are tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange takes place. The mean number of alveoli in a human lung is 480 million. [11] When the diaphragm contracts, a negative pressure is generated in the thorax and air rushes in to fill the cavity. When that happens, these sacs fill with air, making the lung expand.

  3. Respiratory system of insects - Wikipedia

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    Aquatic insects consume the stored air while under water or use it to regulate buoyancy. During a molt, air sacs fill and enlarge as the insect breaks free of the old exoskeleton and expands a new one. Between molts, the air sacs provide room for new growth—shrinking in volume as they are compressed by expansion of internal organs.

  4. Paritta - Wikipedia

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    In the Pali literature, these short verses are recommended by the Buddha as providing protection from certain afflictions. The belief in the effective power to heal, or protect, of the sacca-kiriya, or asseveration of something quite true is an aspect of the work ascribed to the paritta.

  5. Holy water - Wikipedia

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    The Apostolic Constitutions, whose texts date to c. 400 AD, attribute the precept of using holy water to the Apostle Matthew.It is plausible that the earliest Christians may have used water for expiatory and purificatory purposes in a way analogous to its employment in Jewish Law ("And he shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and he shall cast a little earth of the pavement of the ...

  6. Air purge system - Wikipedia

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    At the air inlet, air temperature must be lower than the upper ambient rating of the fan (typically 50 °C/122 °F). The position of air intake is at a point where the least amount of dust, oil, and moisture collects. Fail safe shutters protect the instrument if the purge air supply fails. These are key in systems where the flue gas is under ...

  7. Digestion - Wikipedia

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    Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food compounds into small water-soluble components so that they can be absorbed into the blood plasma.In certain organisms, these smaller substances are absorbed through the small intestine into the blood stream.

  8. IARC group 3 - Wikipedia

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    IARC group 3 substances, chemical mixtures and exposure circumstances are those that can not be classified in regard to their carcinogenicity to humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

  9. Tapak Suci - Wikipedia

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    The santri of PPTQM Pakan Sinayan in Agam Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia doing the Tapak Suci exercise. Tapak Suci Putera Muhammadiyah (lit. ' Sacred Palm, Sons of Muhammadiyah '), shortened as Tapak Suci, is an autonomous pencak silat martial arts organization of Muhammadiyah, the modernist, second largest Muslim organization in Indonesia.