breathing reserve
1reserve — Something available but held back for later use, as strength or carbohydrates. [L. re servo, to keep back, r.] alkali r. the sum total of the basic ions (mainly bicarbonates) of the blood and other body fluids that, acting as buffers, maintain… …
2reserve volume — the extra volume of air that an individual could inhale or exhale if he is not breathing to the limit of his capacity …
3reserve volume — the extra volume of air that an individual could inhale or exhale if he is not breathing to the limit of his capacity …
4Circular breathing — is a technique used by players of some wind instruments to produce a continuous tone without interruption. This is accomplished by breathing in through the nose while simultaneously pushing air out through the mouth using air stored in the cheeks …
5pulmonary reserve — noun the additional volume of air that the lungs can inhale and exhale when breathing to the limit of capacity in times of stress • Hypernyms: ↑reserve …
6BRR — Bannayan Riley Ruvalcaba [syndrome]; baroreceptor reflex response; breathing reserve ratio …
7BRR — • Bannayan Riley Ruvalcaba [syndrome]; • baroreceptor reflex response; • breathing reserve ratio …
8Diving cylinder — Diving cylinders to be filled at a diving air compressor station …
9Diving regulator — and Octopus Other names Demand valve Uses Reduces pressurized breathing gas to ambient pressure and delivers it to the diver Inventor Manuel Théodore Guillaumet (1838), Benoît Rouquayrol (1860) …
10respiration, human — ▪ physiology Introduction the process by which oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide discharged. The design of the respiratory system The human gas exchanging organ, the lung, is located in the thorax, where its delicate tissues are… …
