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What is pulmonary respiration?

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  1. Respiration through lungs is called pulmonary respiration.
  2. The mechanism of pulmonary respiration:
  • It includes breathing movement, exchange of gases, in lungs, transport of gases by blood and exchange of gase by tissue.
  • Pulmonary circulation is commonly referred to as breathing.
  • It is the process of air flowing into the lungs during inspiration (inhalation) and out of the lungs during expiration (exhalation).
  • Air flows because of pressure differences between the atmosphere and the gases inside the lungs.

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