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  2. Parabrachial nuclei - Wikipedia

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    The subparabrachial nucleus (also known as the Kölliker-Fuse nucleus, or diffuse reticular nucleus) regulates the breathing rate.It receives signals from the caudal, cardio-respiratory part of the solitary nucleus and sends signals to the lower medulla oblongata, the spinal cord, the amygdala and the lateral hypothalamus.

  3. Pre-Bötzinger complex - Wikipedia

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    The initial description of the preBötC was widely disseminated in a 1991 paper in Science, [1] but its discovery predates that paper by one year. [2] The team was led by Jack L. Feldman and Jeffrey C. Smith at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), but the Science paper [1] also included UCLA coauthor Howard Ellenberger, as well as Klaus Ballanyi and Diethelm W. Richter from ...

  4. Respiratory system - Wikipedia

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    The respiratory system (also respiratory apparatus, ventilatory system) is a biological system consisting of specific organs and structures used for gas exchange in animals and plants. The anatomy and physiology that make this happen varies greatly, depending on the size of the organism, the environment in which it lives and its evolutionary ...

  5. Tracheobronchial lymph nodes - Wikipedia

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    These lymph nodes form four main groups including paratracheal, tracheobronchial, bronchopulmonary and pulmonary nodes.. Paratracheal nodes are located on either side of the trachea.

  6. Category:Respiratory system - Wikipedia

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    The respiratory system is the (anatomical) biological system of any organism that engages in metabolic gas exchange. Even plants have respiratory systems, taking in carbon dioxide and emitting oxygen. This category covers the structure of respiratory systems.

  7. Pulmonology - Wikipedia

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    Pulmonology (/ ˌ p ʌ l m ə ˈ n ɒ l ə dʒ i /, / ˌ p ʊ l m ə ˈ n ɒ l ə dʒ i /, from Latin pulmō, -ōnis "lung" and the Greek suffix -λογία-logía "study of"), pneumology (/ n ʊ ˈ m ɒ l ə dʒ i, n j ʊ-/, built on Greek πνεύμων pneúmōn "lung") or pneumonology [1] (/ n ʊ m ə n ˈ ɒ l ə dʒ i, n j ʊ-/) is a medical specialty that deals with diseases involving ...

  8. Lung - Wikipedia

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    Shqip; Sicilianu; Simple English ... MCC is an innate defense system protecting against pollutants and pathogens, and when this is disrupted the numbers of alveolar ...

  9. Category:Respiratory system anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Respiratory system anatomy" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.