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Collateral ventilation, the Glossary

Collateral ventilation is a back-up system of alveolar ventilation that can bypass the normal route of airflow when airways are restricted or obstructed.^[1]

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Lung anatomy

Ageing

Ageing (or aging in American English) is the process of becoming older.

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An alveolar macrophage, pulmonary macrophage, (or dust cell) is a type of macrophage, a professional phagocyte, found in the airways and at the level of the alveoli in the lungs, but separated from their walls.

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Asthma

Asthma is a long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs.

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Atelectasis

Atelectasis is the partial collapse or closure of a lung resulting in reduced or absent gas exchange.

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Bronchiole

The bronchioles or bronchioli (pronounced bron-kee-oh-lee) are the smaller branches of the bronchial airways in the lower respiratory tract. Collateral ventilation and bronchiole are lung anatomy.

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Bronchopulmonary segment

A bronchopulmonary segment is a portion of lung supplied by a specific segmental bronchus and its vessels. Collateral ventilation and bronchopulmonary segment are lung anatomy.

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Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) is a procedure to reduce the volume of air within the lungs.

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Cardiothoracic surgery

Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of organs inside the thoracic cavity — generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease), lungs (lung disease), and other pleural or mediastinal structures.

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation.

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Coronary circulation

Coronary circulation is the circulation of blood in the arteries and veins that supply the heart muscle (myocardium).

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Cyanosis

Cyanosis is the change of body tissue color to a bluish-purple hue, as a result of decrease in the amount of oxygen bound to the hemoglobin in the red blood cells of the capillary bed.

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Dog

The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf.

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Emphysema

Emphysema is any air-filled enlargement in the body's tissues.

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Endobronchial valve

An endobronchial valve (EBV) is a small, one-way valve, which may be implanted in an airway feeding the lung or part of lung.

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Heart

The heart is a muscular organ found in most animals.

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Horse

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal.

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Hyperventilation

Hyperventilation is irregular breathing that occurs when the rate or tidal volume of breathing eliminates more carbon dioxide than the body can produce.

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Lung

The lungs are the central organs of the respiratory system in humans and some other animals, including tetrapods, some snails and a small number of fish.

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Micrometre

The micrometre (Commonwealth English) as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American English), also commonly known by the non-SI term micron, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equalling (SI standard prefix "micro-".

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Mucus

Mucus is a slippery aqueous secretion produced by, and covering, mucous membranes.

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Pores of Kohn

The pores of Kohn (also known as interalveolar connections or alveolar pores) are discrete holes in walls of adjacent alveoli. Collateral ventilation and pores of Kohn are lung anatomy.

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Pulmonary alveolus

A pulmonary alveolus (alveoli, from Latin alveolus, "little cavity"), also known as an air sac or air space, is one of millions of hollow, distensible cup-shaped cavities in the lungs where pulmonary gas exchange takes place. Collateral ventilation and pulmonary alveolus are lung anatomy.

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Pulmonary surfactant

Pulmonary surfactant is a surface-active complex of phospholipids and proteins formed by type II alveolar cells.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collateral_ventilation

Also known as Canals of Lambert, Channels of Martin.