the lungs ventilate the blood

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• blood — bloodlike, adj. /blud/, n. 1. the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended. 2. the… …   Universalium

• ventilate — To aerate, or oxygenate, the blood in the pulmonary capillaries. SYN: air (2). [L. ventilo, pp. atus, to fan, fr. ventus, the wind] * * * ven·ti·late vent əl .āt vt, lat·ed; lat·ing 1) to expose to air and esp. to a current of fresh air for… …   Medical dictionary

• ventilate — /ˈvɛntəleɪt / (say ventuhlayt) verb (t) (ventilated, ventilating) 1. to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air which is vitiated. 2. to introduce fresh air to: the lungs ventilate the blood. 3. (of air, wind, etc.) to… …  

• ventilate — v.tr. 1 cause air to circulate freely in (a room etc.). 2 submit (a question, grievance, etc.) to public consideration and discussion. 3 Med. a oxygenate (the blood). b admit or force air into (the lungs). Derivatives: ventilation n. ventilative… …   Useful english dictionary

• ventilate — transitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Middle English, discussed, aired, from Late Latin ventilatus, past participle of ventilare, from Latin, to fan, winnow, from ventus wind more at wind Date: 15th century 1. a. to examine, discuss, or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• ventilate — ventilable, adj. /ven tl ayt /, v.t., ventilated, ventilating. 1. to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated. 2. Med. a. to oxygenate (blood) by exposure to air in the lungs or gills. b. to… …   Universalium

• ventilate — ven•ti•late [[t]ˈvɛn tlˌeɪt[/t]] v. lat•ed, lat•ing. v.t. 1) to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated 2) (of air or wind) to circulate through or blow on, so as to cool or freshen the air… …   From formal English to slang

• Ventilation — The exchange of air between the lungs and the atmosphere so that oxygen can be exchanged for carbon dioxide in the alveoli (the tiny air sacs in the lungs). In pulmonary medicine, a distinction is made between pulmonary and alveolar ventilation.… …   Medical dictionary

• respiration — respirational, adj. /res peuh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing. 2. Biol. a. the sum total of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which oxygen is conveyed to tissues and cells,… …   Universalium

• Tracheal intubation — Intervention Anesthesiologist using the Glidescope video laryngoscope to intubate the trachea of a morbidly obese elderly person with challenging airway anatomy …   Wikipedia

• aerate — aerate, ventilate, oxygenate, carbonate. Aerate is the general term and interchangeable in certain phrases with any of the others; the last three are specific terms which are not freely interchangeable with each other. Aerate means to supply or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms