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Lungs
Lungs are a pair of elastic and spongy organs that help the body breathe. They are present inside the rib cage in thoracic cavity of humans.
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Can cpap cause problems with your lungs?
The basic answer to the question is no. CPAP uses a higher than normal level of airway pressure to open your upper airway while you sleep. When combined with a humidifier, the air entering your lungs maintains your ability to breath with air that is warm and moist. At the pressures prescribed for most people, there is little down side to the lung itself. Most issues people describe have to do with oral or nasal discomfort.
One possible area where we might suspect the CPAP causing problems with your lungs is when the CPAP is prescribed at higher pressures. For example, a low pressure may be considered between 5 - 10 while a high pressure may be considered over 18. Fortunately, the CPAP system is not airtight, so there is almost always a leak factor that prevents problems with the pressure impact in the lungs.
How does a common cold might affect the tidal volume and the minute volume of a person?
Having a common cold usually creates swelling in your airways resulting hyperinflation in the lungs, making it hard to get a full breathe. Prolonged hyperinflation can cause auto peeps in the tidal volume, which mean that the air exhaled is much less then the air inhaled creating a buildup of carbon dioxide and eventually leading to respiratory failure. Your minute volume can decrease as well this is what makes you feel fatigued.
Smoking can make your lungs very weak also drinking and other drugs...
What are the lung's main functions?
A selection of answers from various contributors.
Lungs assist the intake and exhalation of air.
To take away carbon dioxide from blood and refill it with fresh oxygen.
The main function of your lungs is to provide oxygen to other parts of your body by loading it into red blood cells and sending them to that part of the body.
The function of the lungs is transport oxygen into the bloodstream and to take carbon dioxide out of the bloodstream.
The lungs oxygenate the blood and remove carbon dioxide from the blood.
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What cavity is the thymus gland found in?
The thymus gland is responsible for regulating the immune system. The thymus gland is located in the upper chest cavity.
If it is COPD emphysema pulmonary fibrosis... Its preventing the disease from getting worse and comfort actions. quit smoking. albuterol inhalers to help open the lungs inhaled steroids like advair to reduce inflamation. sometimes lung transplant is an option. Asthma- knowing triggers and preventing attacks. albuterol when there is an attack. advair if chronic breathing issues. Cystic fibrosis- antibiotic therapy. mucus clearing therapy, transplant. chronic bronchitis- quit smoking . albuterol. oxygen
Can castor oil cure fluid on lungs?
Castor oil is not a cure for anything. It may help the body be generally stronger but would not specifically treat fluid on the lungs.
Is breathing the process in which air moves in and out of lungs?
To breath in it is inhale, to breath out is exhale.
this is apex right? im figuring it out too.
0.5l and it increased by 2. so i think the real question is, does lung capacity increase or decrease as pressure increases.
and i think it decreases. so divide by 2
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tissue who ever never new that go back 2 infants he-he
What gas is absorbed in the lungs during respiration?
Absorbed Oxygen...well Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Argon and other stuff...But the gas most wanted is Oxygen and rejected (breathed out) is carbon dioxide.
Does age make a difference in lung capacity?
I thinki it affects your lung capacity ecause youre getting older so your lungs slow down in breathing. A kid is very excited which it has alt of energy.
The lungs of the fetus are filled with air late in pregnancy?
No, the baby breathes in the air for the first time after birth.
this is called residual volume.
What is suspicious densities right apex on an X-ray of the lungs?
Particles other than air not commonly seen in the chest that has yet to be confirmed. Improper handling of films during developing process at times can contribute to such. Another xray view (apicolordotic) can help confirm the unknown particles.
yes. just like every other animal on the planet, they excrete waste. Yes they have an anus which is the opening at the lower end of the digestive tract through which wastes are eliminated yes they do
No, bees do breathe oxygen and expel carbon dioxide; however, they do not have lungs for respiration. "Rather they have a system of tubes which carry oxygen to and carbon dioxide away from cells. This system of breathing tubes, or tracheae, is connected to the outside world by a series of holes ... called spiracles. When the bee is inactive gas exchange can operate simply by diffusion, but during periods of increased activity bees pump their abdomens to increase gas exchange, using expanded sacs of the trachea as bellows.
