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The Respiratory System Our body is made up of different systems. All of these systems collaborate together to make our human body function properly. Without all of these we wouldn’t be able to go through life normally. If you take just one away, the whole...
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One of the most common diseases today is bronchitis. This is a form of respiratory illness that can affect anyone at anytime. However, people who live in highly polluted areas, and people who smoke tobacco are usually affected as well as infant, children, the elderly...
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Usually when we think about the respiratory system all we think about is breathing. But, the respiratory system is so much more. The respiratory system is a system of organs functioning in respiration and consisting especially of the nose, nasopharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs....
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The respiratory and circulatory systems work together to deliver oxygen to cells of the body (the lungs through air exchange, and the circulatory system by delivery of haemoglobin containing red cells to the capillaries where oxygen is released into the tissues) and removal of carbon...
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Respiration has a critically vital role in our lives. The process of respiration is essential for not only life but also speech production. Although the two are closely intertwined, the function of speech for life is vastly different from respiration for speech. Respiration is breathing...
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The importance of Nutrition Management in Respiratory Diseases and Mechanically Ventilated Patients. Appropriate nutrition is important in realization of an improved outcome while one is being subjected to medication. Whenever patients get admission into hospitals, they often face the risk of malnutrition. Patients who fail...
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Through the process of natural selection, the life on our planet evolved. Natural selection dictated that in order for us, as living organisms, to survive, we had to adapt and coexist. In today’s world six different kingdoms of life are living together. In many cases,...
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic, recessive disorder which affects the lungs and the liver. CF develops when there is a mutation in the gene because it’s autosomal recessive it means you would have inherited two copies of the CFTR gene, one from each parent....