Respiration
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Respiration may refer to:
Biology
Ecology
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Biology
- Respiratory systemRespiratory systemThe respiratory system is the anatomical system of an organism that introduces respiratory gases to the interior and performs gas exchange. In humans and other mammals, the anatomical features of the respiratory system include airways, lungs, and the respiratory muscles...
, the anatomical system of an organism used for respiration - Cellular respirationCellular respirationCellular respiration is the set of the metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate , and then release waste products. The reactions involved in respiration are catabolic reactions that involve...
, the process in which nutrients are converted into useful energy in a cell - Respiration (physiology)Respiration (physiology)'In physiology, respiration is defined as the transport of oxygen from the outside air to the cells within tissues, and the transport of carbon dioxide in the opposite direction...
and breathing, the physiological process that enables animals to exchange carbon dioxide, the primary product of cellular respiration, for fresh air - Anaerobic respirationAnaerobic respirationAnaerobic respiration is a form of respiration using electron acceptors other than oxygen. Although oxygen is not used as the final electron acceptor, the process still uses a respiratory electron transport chain; it is respiration without oxygen...
, cellular respiration without oxygen - Aquatic respirationAquatic respirationAquatic respiration is the process whereby an aquatic animal obtains oxygen from water.-Fish:In most fish respiration takes place through gills. Lungfish, however, possess one or two lungs...
, the process of animals extracting oxygen from water - Maintenance respirationMaintenance respirationMaintenance respiration refers to metabolism occurring in an organism that is needed to maintain that organism in a healthy, living state...
, the amount of cellular respiration required for an organism to maintain itself in a constant state - Artificial respirationArtificial respirationArtificial respiration is the act of assisting or stimulating respiration, a metabolic process referring to the overall exchange of gases in the body by pulmonary ventilation, external respiration, and internal respiration...
, the act of simulating respiration, which provides for the overall exchange of gases in the body by pulmonary ventilation, external respiration and internal respiration - Cheyne-Stokes respirationCheyne-Stokes respirationCheyne-Stokes respiration is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by progressively deeper and sometimes faster breathing, followed by a gradual decrease that results in a temporary stop in breathing called an apnea. The pattern repeats, with each cycle usually taking 30 seconds to 2...
, an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by progressively deeper and sometimes faster breathing, followed by a gradual decrease that results in a temporary stop in breathing called an apnea
Ecology
- Carbon respirationCarbon respirationCarbon respiration is a phrase used in combination with carbon storage to calculate the amount of carbon flux occurring in the atmosphere through the various processes that add and subtract atmospheric carbon...
, a concept used in calculating carbon (as ) flux occurring in the atmosphere - Ecosystem respirationEcosystem respirationEcosystem respiration is the sum of all respiration occurring by the living organisms in a specific ecosystem.Ecosystem respiration is typically measured in the natural environment, such as a forest or grassland field, rather than in the laboratory...
, measure of gross carbon dioxide production by all organisms in an ecosystem - Root respiration, exchange of gases between plant roots and the atmosphere
- PhotorespirationPhotorespirationPhotorespiration, or "'photo-respiration'", is a process in plant metabolism by which RuBP has oxygen added to it by the enzyme , instead of carbon dioxide during normal photosynthesis. This is the beginning step of the Calvin-Benson cycle...
, the process by which RuBP (a sugar) has oxygen added to it by the main enzyme involved in photosynthesis, rubisco, instead of carbon dioxide as happens during photosynthesis
Entertainment
- "Respiration" (song)Respiration (song)"Respiration" is the second single from Black Star's eponymously titled 1998 album . It features guest rapping from Common and guitar playing by DeChown Jenkins. It also features a Hi-Tek produced beat that samples "The Fox" by Don Randi. In addition, the song's introduction samples a monologue...
, a 1999 hip hop group single by Black Star - "Respire" (Mickey 3D song)Respire (Mickey 3D song)"Respire" is one of Mickey 3D's most popular songs. Released in March 2003, it met success in France, Belgium and Switzerland. Like many French rock songs the topic is about a controversial and realistic subject, in this case, the environment and its destruction.-Lyrics and music:The text of the...
, released in March 2003