pneumotaxic center
71Oxygenation (medical) — For Oxygen saturation in general, see Oxygen saturation. Oxygenation occurs when oxygen molecules (O2) enter the tissues of the body. For example, blood is oxygenated in the lungs, where oxygen molecules travel from the air and into the blood.… …
72respiratory centers — a series of centers in the medulla and pons which coordinate respiratory movements; they include the pneumotaxic center, the apneustic center, and the dorsal and ventral respiratory groups …
73PC — Although PC is usually taken to mean personal computer, in the biomedical arena PC also stands for protein C, phosphocreatine, et al. * * * avoirdupois weight [Lat. pondus civile]; pacinian corpuscle; packed cells; paper chromatography;… …
74apneusis — An abnormal respiratory pattern consisting of a pause at full inspiration; a prolonged inspiratory cramp caused by a lesion at the mid or caudal pontine level of the brainstem. [G. a priv. + pneusis, a breathing, fr. pneo, to breathe] …
75PNC — penicillin; peripheral nucleated cell; pneumotaxic center; premature nodal contracture; primitive neuroendothelial cell …
76subparabrachial nucleus — nucleus subparabrachialis [TA] either of a pair of parabrachial nuclei that constitute part of the lateral column reticular nuclei; it is a pneumotaxic center lying ventral to the medial and lateral parabrachial nuclei in the pons. Called also… …
77PC — • avoirdupois weight [Lat. pondus civile]; • pacinian corpuscle; • packed cells; • paper chromatography; • paracortex; • paramyotonia congenita; • parent cell; • particulate component; • partition coefficient; • patch clamp; • penicillin; •… …
78PNC — • penicillin; • peripheral nucleated cell; • pneumotaxic center; • premature nodal contracture; • primitive neuroendothelial cell …
