- Look up
respiration or
respire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Respiration may
refer to:
Cellular respiration, the
process in
which nutrients are...
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Cellular respiration is the
process of
oxidizing biological fuels using an
inorganic electron acceptor, such as oxygen, to
drive production of adenosine...
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alveoli or
atria by the
process of
breathing which involves the
muscles of
respiration. In most fish, and a
number of
other aquatic animals (both vertebrates...
- In physiology,
respiration is the
transport of
oxygen from the
outside environment to the
cells within tissues, and the
removal of
carbon dioxide in the...
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Agonal respiration,
gasping respiration, or
agonal breathing is a
distinct and
abnormal pattern of
breathing and
brainstem reflex characterized by gasping...
- Cheyne–Stokes
respiration is an
abnormal pattern of
breathing characterized by
progressively deeper, and
sometimes faster,
breathing followed by a gradual...
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Anaerobic respiration is
respiration using electron acceptors other than
molecular oxygen (O2).
Although oxygen is not the
final electron acceptor, the...
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refers to
respiration per unit of time (usually loss of biom**** by
respiration per unit of weight), also
referred to as
relative respiration rate. In theoretical...
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Cutaneous respiration, or
cutaneous gas
exchange (sometimes
called skin breathing), is a form of
respiration in
which gas
exchange occurs across the skin...
- Soil
respiration refers to the
production of
carbon dioxide when soil
organisms respire. This
includes respiration of
plant roots, the rhizosphere, microbes...
