respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs, respiratory membrane, type I

alveolar cells, type II alveolar cells, alveolar pores, alveolar macrophages

pulmonary arteries, pulmonary capillary networks, pulmonary veins, bronchial arteries,

pleurae, parietal pleura, visceral pleura, pleural cavity, pleural fluid

pulmonary ventilation (breathing), inspiration, expiration, atmospheric pressure (Patm),

intrapulmonary pressure (Ppul), intrapleural pressure (Pip), transpulmonary pressure,
atelectasis, pneumothorax, inspiratory muscles, diaphragm, external intercostal muscles,
internal intercostal muscles, forced expiration, airway resistance, alveolar surface tension,
surfactant, infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS), lung compliance

anatomical dead space, minute ventilation, alveolar ventilation rate (AVR)

Dalton's law of partial pressures, partial pressure gradients, ventilation-perfusion coupling

oxyhemoglobin (HbO2), reduced hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin, HHb), oxygen-hemoglobin

dissociation curve, hypoxia
carbaminohemoglobin, bicarbonate ions (HCO3-), carbonic anhydrase, carbonic acid-
bicarbonate buffer system

medullary respiratory centers, dorsal respiratory group (DRG), ventral respiratory group
(VRG), phrenic and intercostal nerves, pontine respiratory centers, central
chemoreceptors, peripheral chemoreceptors, hypercapnia, hyperventilation,
hypoventilation, apnea, aortic bodies, carotid bodies, pulmonary irritant reflexes, inflation
reflex

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