On average, we breath around 20 times per minute, every minute and every hour, day, week, month and year of our lives. It is one of the first things we do immediately after birth and one of the last ...
Development of the lung as a derivative of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Predisposition of anatomy of the lungs to aspiration of food, saliva, and vomitus. Development of four-chambered heart to ...
Surface electromyography (sEMG) has emerged as a non-invasive modality for assessing respiratory muscle activity, including ...
Lungs are remarkable organs that continuously achieve amazing feats, which they do so well that we take them for granted, except when their function is diminished. It all happens in a space inside ...
The proximity of respiratory and GI tract has resulted in a complex set of morphologic and reflex adaptations that permit separation of respiratory and GI functions in the aerodigestive tract. For ...