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intrapulmonary

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intrapulmonary
[-pul′məner′ē]
Etymology: L, intra, within, pulma, lung
pertaining to the interior of the lungs.

intrapulmonary [in″trah-pul´mo-ner″e]
within the substance of the lung.

intrapulmonary (in´trpul´mnerē),
adj situated in the substance of a lung.

intrapulmonary
within the substance of the lung.


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Bronchopulmonary stretch receptors (influenced by Hering-Breuer receptors) that are located on the smooth muscle of intrapulmonary airways, gauge the depth of a breath and attempt to regulate alveolar overinflation.
The report gave "massive intrapulmonary haemorrhage" as the cause of death.
It is well known that PAH is commonly associated with abnormal arterial blood gases, with mild-to-moderate hypoxemia and mild-to-moderate hypocapnia, as expression of increased intrapulmonary shunt, of the impairment in alveolar capillary oxygen diffusion and oxygen delivery and of the consequent hyperventilation present already at rest.
 
 
 
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