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BODY FUNCTIONS

CHAPTER 4 FUNCTIONS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR, HAEMATOLOGICAL, IMMUNOLOGICAL AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS functions of the respiratory systems b440 respiration functions Functions of inhaling air into the lungs, the exchange of gases between air and blood, and exhaling air. Inclusion functions of respiration rate, rhythm and depth; impairments such as apnoea, hyperventilation, irregular respiration, paradoxical respiration and bronchial spasm and as in pulmonary emphysema. exclusion respiratory muscle functions (b445); additional respiratory functions (b450); exercise tolerance functions (b455)

b4400	b4401	b4402	b4408	b4409
respiration rate	respiratory rhythm	depth of respirarion	respirarion functions, other specified	respirarion functions, unspecified
Functions related to the number of breaths taken per minute. inclusion impairments such as rates that are too fast (tachypnoea) or too slow (bradypnoea)	Functions related to the periodicity and regularity of breathing. inclusion impairments such as irregular breathing	Functions related to the volume of expansion of the lungs during breathing. inclusion impairments such as superficial or shallow respiration

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