breathing
Let an agent explain breathing and its mechanics across animals, relay physiology, control and breathing practices from physiology and health sources in general terms, describe ram ventilation and other forms, and distinguish breathing from cellular respiration, from gas exchange itself and from breath odour, routing breathing difficulties to emergency care.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain breathing and its mechanics across animals, relay physiology, control and breathing practices from physiology and health sources in general terms, describe ram ventilation and other forms, and distinguish breathing from cellular respiration, from gas exchange itself and from breath odour, routing breathing difficulties to emergency care.
The process of moving air or water over gas exchange surfaces, in humans and other lung breathers the ventilation of the lungs by inhaling and exhaling, in fish the passage of water over gills including ram ventilation used by obligate ram ventilators such as some sharks and tunas, and in practices such as conscious breathing and breathing exercises used for relaxation and health; the registry alias garlic breath refers to breath odour and appears misfiled.
What it is for: Ventilating gas exchange surfaces.
It can be route emergencies first; explain mechanics and forms; relay physiology and practices; distinguish related concepts.
Distinguishing features
Rhythmic ventilation
Automatic and voluntary control
Lungs and gills
Practice and health
What it looks like
Not a visible object; rhythmic chest or gill movement.
Physical character
resting adult rate: about 12-20 breaths per minute
tidal volume: about 500 ml - adult at rest
obligate ram ventilators: some sharks, tunas list
How it is recognised
Ventilation of lungs or gills
Inhalation and exhalation, ram ventilation, conscious breathing, breathing exercises
Cellular respiration is metabolic; gas exchange is the diffusion step; garlic breath is odour
Related models
is a kind of - process in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is controlled by - in the brainstem
is contrasted with - the metabolic process
In practice
Families and kinds
lung breathing in mammals and other vertebrates
gill ventilation in fish including ram ventilation
buccal and cutaneous breathing in amphibians
tracheal breathing in insects
conscious breathing and breathing exercises
mechanical ventilation as medical support
Identifiers
MeSH D012123 Respiration
Standards and regulation
Clinical guidelines for respiratory assessment
Standards for breathing exercise instruction in some health systems
Failure modes and hazards
Delayed care for breathing difficulty
Agents giving personal medical advice
Registry alias garlic breath is misfiled
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.breathing
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Emergency Breathing difficulty.
Clinical.
Act
Act now.
Act
Act.
- Does the user describe severe breathing difficulty, choking or blue lips, which need emergency services immediately? boundary
- Has the agent directed the user to emergency services before anything else? action
Signs
Warning signs.
Signs
Signs.
- What warning signs of respiratory distress do health authorities list? definition
- Which entry fits shortness of breath? action
Understand What breathing is.
Science.
Definition
Definition and mechanics.
Definition
Definition.
- What is breathing, how do lungs and gills ventilate, and how does it differ from cellular respiration and gas exchange? definition
- Is the question about physiology, animals, practices or a personal health matter? boundary
Forms
Forms across animals.
Forms
Forms.
- What are ram ventilation, buccal pumping, tracheal and cutaneous breathing? definition
- Which entry fits the specific form? action
Control Control and practice.
Science.
Control
Control.
Control
Control.
- How do the brainstem, chemoreceptors and voluntary control regulate breathing? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Practices
Breathing practices.
Practices
Practices.
- What do conscious breathing and breathing exercises involve, and what does evidence say, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Medicine and misfiled alias.
Context.
Medicine
Medical ventilation.
Medicine
Medicine.
- How does mechanical ventilation support breathing, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits mechanical ventilation? action
Misfiled
Garlic breath.
Misfiled
Misfiled.
- What is garlic breath, and where should breath odour be covered? provenance
- Which entry fits halitosis? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should ram ventilation and breathing exercises be separate primary entries?
- How should physiology sources be linked?
- The registry alias garlic breath appears misfiled and should be moved