breathing passage

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• breathing — /ˈbriðɪŋ/ (say breedhing) noun 1. the act of one that breathes; respiration. 2. a single breath. 3. utterance or words. 4. gentle blowing, as of wind. 5. Phonetics a. aspiration; pronunciation with reference to the use or omission of an h sound.… …  

• cave breathing —    A resonance phenomenon in which air currents throb back and forth through constricted passages in a cave with periodicity of a few seconds to a few minutes.    Synonyms: (French.) passage respirant; (German.) Grotte mit Resonanz; (Greek.)… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• Nasal concha — Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position. (Superior and middle in pink, and inferior in blue.) …   Wikipedia

• Snoring — is the vibration of respiratory structures and the resulting sound, due to obstructed air movement during breathing while sleeping. In some cases the sound may be soft, but in other cases, it can be rather loud and quite unpleasant. The… …   Wikipedia

• Nose — The external midline projection from the face. The purpose of the nose is to warm, clean, and humidify the air you breath. In addition, it helps you to smell and taste. A normal person will produce about two quarts of fluid each day (mucus),… …   Medical dictionary

• Uvula — The small piece of soft tissue that can be seen dangling down from the soft palate over the back of the tongue. The uvula is described variously shaped like a U, a tear or a grape. Its name comes from the Latin word for grape, uva. The uvula has… …   Medical dictionary

• Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty — A type of operation designed to tighten up flabby tissues and enlarge the upper air passages. The operation involves reshaping the uvula (uvulo ), soft palate ( palato ) and throat ( pharyngo ). The uvula is a small piece of soft tissue that can… …   Medical dictionary

• Nasal — may refer to: Nose, a protuberance in vertebrates that houses the nostrils, or nares, which admit and expel air for respiration in conjunction with the mouth Nasal bone, two small oblong bones placed side by side at the middle and upper part of… …   Wikipedia

• Lambeosaurus — ▪ dinosaur genus  duck billed dinosaur (hadrosaur) notable for the hatchet shaped hollow bony crest on top of its skull. Fossils of this herbivore date to the Late Cretaceous Period (99 million to 65 million years old) of North America.… …   Universalium

• eustachian tube — The tube connecting the middle ear to the breathing passage. A person suffers from an earache if this tube is blocked and the aircraft is descending. The tube opens automatically and equalizes the pressure across the middle ear while climbing. It …   Aviation dictionary

• Insufflation — (Latin insufflatio blowing on or into ) is the practice of inhaling substances into a body cavity. Insufflation has limited medical use, but is a common route of administration with many respiratory drugs used to treat conditions in the lungs… …   Wikipedia