Levers of power: how the brain controls breathing
September 6, 2021Do you like to have everything under control? So you are the same as me. Welcome to the club! It is difficult to assign something to someone, delegate it, let it out of control-all this is difficult. But I will tell you one secret: with all the craving for control, we can only have a very limited influence on most of the processes occurring in our body. Don’t you believe it? Then try to consciously narrow the pupil. Is it not working? You see! When it comes to the main functions of the body, everything happens without our participation: heart…
Beyond the seven bridges: gas exchange and blood supply to the lungs — a brief history of breathing
Why do we need breathing? A stupid question, because it’s already clear: to breathe. Is it butter? Nothing like that. Yes, in most languages, the words “breathe” and” breath ” are the same root and mean in general the same…
Uninvited tenants: a lung microbe
In May 2007, the National Institutes of Health — the highest authority in the United States in matters of medical research — announced the launch of a giant project called the “Human Microbiome”. The goal of this ambitious multibillion-dollar project…
About Indians and Chiefs: The Immune System
If you already want to go home, there are no objections. But I would recommend staying longer, it will be interesting. Do you want to know who does the cleaning in the lungs and maintains order? Who protects them and…
One tree, many branches of the bronchial system and the alveoli
When looking at the two-dimensional drawing from the outside, it seems that the expression “bronchial tree” fits it perfectly (except for the fact that the tree is upside down). There is a trunk (trachea), many branches (bronchi), which, becoming thinner,…
Entry and Exit: how the larynx protects the airway
“The tumor turned out to be a wheel from a children’s designer”, “A birthday gift with serious consequences — a mysterious patient”, “Doctors after 40 years extracted a part from a child’s designer from a lung” — under similar headlines…
What is the connection between the nose and the lungs?
The nose also has a hard time. Thousands of people try to fix their nose every year because they are not satisfied with its appearance: too long, large, flattened, sharp, wide… And also humpback, snub-nosed, potato or simply crooked. Some…
Transformation: development and maturation of the lungs. Why premature babies aren’t “little people” yet»
On July 19, 2012, the respected new England Journal of Medicine published an article titled ” Evidence of lung growth in an adult.” There was a sensation behind the dry name. What happened? A thirty-three-year-old woman suffering from cancer had…
The Schengen area and external borders: countries and their neighbours
Maintaining good relations with neighbors is necessary, but often not so easy. Disputes can be caused by such things as the height and shape of the fence, the boundaries of the site, who and when removes the snow, where and…
Human respiratory tract from beginning to end
Any beginning is amazing. But as for the respiratory tract, the first step is to find out where, in fact, they begin. If you say that in the mouth, you will not be alone in this opinion-so many answer, but…
Basics: Architecture and Design
The lungs are an amazing mechanism. For a moment, try to imagine yourself as a Creator. Imagine that you are sitting at your Desk in your design office and the deadline for submitting drawings of the lungs expires at the…