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Cancer of the lung is the leading cause of death from cancer in all males and in females between the ages of 15 and 64.
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The lung is the essential organ of respiration in air-breathing vertebrates. Its principal function is to transport oxygen from the atmosphere into the bloodstream, and to excrete carbon dioxide from the bloodstream into the atmosphere.
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The heart in relation to the lungs (from an older edition of Gray's Anatomy) ...
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lung An organ of the respiratory system in which gas exchange occurs between body fluids (e.g., blood) and air.
lunules Small, suckerlike discs on the anterior margin of some copepods in the family Caligidae, functioning as organs of adhesion.
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The organ that enables an animal to breathe air. In mammals the paired lungs are each supplied by a bronchus that divides, treelike, into bronchioles.
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book lung -- A set of soft overlapping flaps, covered up by a plate on the abdomen, through which oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide given off. Characteristic of many terrestrial arachnids such as scorpions and spiders.
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Human lung surfactant is used in premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome.
Atrial natriuretic hormone can be used to treat hypertension.
Bovine growth hormone (bGH) increases milk production in cows by about 10%.
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emphysema Lung disease characterized by shortness of breath, often associated with smoking.
endergonic Chemical reactions that require energy input to begin.
endochondral ossification The process by which human bones form from cartilage.
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[L. pulmonis, lung]
In birds and mammals, a vein that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart, from which blood is pumped into the left ventricle and from there to the body tissues.
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Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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Therefore, although it retains activity comparable to that of the wild-type protein at short range (as assayed by its ability to promote normal hair, whisker, tooth, and lung development and to promote the specification of the most posterior digits ...
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For example in lung cancer, we now have a really clear understanding of why smoking causes lung cancer. We've known for decades that the way to reduce lung cancer incidents is for people not to smoke.
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An inherited disease whose chief symptoms are recurrent fevers and severe abdominal pain due to inflammation of the abdominal cavity. Other symptoms include arthritis, chest pain from inflammation of the lung cavity, and skin rashes.
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