glossopharyngeal breathing

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• Glossopharyngeal breathing — (GPB, also called frog breathing) is a means of forcing extra air into the lungs to expand the chest and achieve a functional cough. The technique involves the use of the glottis to add to an inspiratory effort by gulping boluses of air into the… …   Wikipedia

• Breathing — The process of respiration, during which air is inhaled into the lungs through the mouth or nose due to muscle contraction, and then exhaled due to muscle relaxation. * * * Inhalation and exhalation of air or gaseous mixtures. SYN: pneusis.… …   Medical dictionary

• frog breathing — glossopharyngeal breathing respiration unaided by the primary or ordinary accessory muscles of respiration, the air being “swallowed” rapidly into the lungs by use of the tongue and muscles of the pharynx; used by patients with chronic muscle …   Medical dictionary

• frog breathing — noun : a technique using mouth and tongue to force air into the lungs that was developed by some patients suffering from poliomyelitic paralysis of respiratory muscles * * * frog breathing, glossopharyngeal breathing; a method of forcing small… …   Useful english dictionary

• GPB — glossopharyngeal breathing; glycophorin B …   Medical dictionary

• GPB — • glossopharyngeal breathing; • glycophorin B …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

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• Vagus nerve — Nerve: Vagus nerve Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves. Course …   Wikipedia

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