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THE LUNGS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE.(Pamphlet)
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THE LUNGS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
INTRODUCTION
Breathing for most of us is something we do without being aware of it. We pay no attention to this continuous activity as we work, play, or sleep. Our lungs are responsible for this essential natural function that gets oxygen into the bloodstream so that it can be delivered to the cells of our body.
During a normal day, we breathe nearly 25,000 times. The more than 10,000 liters of air we inhale is mostl...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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Organ of the Week; Maintaining Healthy Lungs
Los Angeles Sentinel
; Miller, Ian Los Angeles Sentinel 03-05-2003 The lungs are the body's oxygenating organs. They retrieve oxygen from the air around us (inhalation) and replace it with the waste product carbon dioxide (exhalation). All of this takes place in areas called alveoli, which are small sacs inside the
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Keeping your heart and lungs in peak condition. (heart and lung health)
Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication
; In May 1996, David Breashears, a famous mountaineer and filmmaker, struggled in the bitterly cold, oxygen-thin air as his team neared the peak of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. Our fingers and toes went numb, he told National Geographic magazine, as precious oxygen was diverted to our
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Health Zone: Boost your lungs; We breathe without thinking but our lungs are under increasing threat.. asthma cases are rising and pulmonary diseases are now Britain's biggest killers. So give your body a breath of fresh air.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England)
; Byline: SALLY JANES YESTERDAY'S report that one in four Britons die from lung disease shocked us all. Unless we smoke, most of us don't give our lungs a second thought. But now experts are saying that modern life is damaging our lungs and that we should all be taking steps to protect them. Just as
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Lungs.
Science Weekly
; How long can you hold your breath? Not very long. Your body needs air to live and your lungs are the organs that help you breathe. They work together with your heart and the blood in your circulatory system to carry air to every part of your body. What Do Your Lungs Look Like? Your lungs are
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Gators make unusual use of lungs
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; Lungs can be good for more than just breathing, University of Utah biologists have discovered. In alligators and their relatives, they also are vital to graceful, splash-less swimming, all the better to glide up to prey. Graduate student T.J. Uriona, who is in line to receive his Ph.D. degree this
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