Respiration (physiology) - Definition and Overview

Respiration is the process of exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide between an organism and its external environment (breathing). There are several ways to dichotomize the physiology of respiration:

By species

• Aquatic respiration
• Buccal pumping

By mechanism

• Gas exchange
• Arterial blood gas
• Control of respiration
• Apnea

By experiments

• Huff and Puff Apparatus
• Respirometer
• Bell jar model lung

By disorders and emergencies

• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• Myasthenia gravis
• Asthma
• Drowning
• Choking
• Dyspnea
• Anaphylaxis
• Pneumonia
• Severe acute respiratory syndrome
• Aspiration (medicine) - Pulmonary Edema

By medication

• Bronchodilator
• Asthma medication

By intensive care and emergency medicine

• CPR
• Mechanical ventilation
• Intubation
• Iron lung
• Intensive care medicine
• Liquid breathing
• ECMO
• Oxygen toxicity
• Medical ventilator
• Paramedic
• Life support
• General anaesthesia
• Bronchoscopy
• Laryngoscope

By other medical topics

• Respiratory therapy
• Breathing gases
• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
• Hypoxia
• Gas embolism
• Decompression sickness
• Barotrauma
• Oxygen toxicity
• Nitrogen narcosis
• Carbon dioxide poisoning
• Carbon monoxide poisoning
• HPNS
• Salt water aspiration syndrome

See also

• Wikipedia:Biology basic topics