Respiratory Depression:

Terms Related to Respiratory Depression

• Respiratory Alkalosis

  A state due to excess loss of carbon dioxide from the body. (Dorland, 27th ed)

• Respiratory Dead Space

  That part of the respiratory tract or the air within the respiratory tract that does not exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with pulmonary capillary blood.

• Oxygen Consumption

  The rate at which oxygen is used by a tissue; microliters of oxygen STPD used per milligram of tissue per hour; the rate at which ...

• Carotid Body

  A small cluster of chemoreceptive and supporting cells located near the bifurcation of the internal carotid artery. The carotid body, which is richly supplied with ...

• Paraaortic Body

  Small masses of chromaffin cells found near the sympathetic ganglia along the abdominal aorta. They serve as chemoreceptors responsive to oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen ...

• Carboxydismutase

  A copper protein that catalyzes the formation of 2 moles of 3-phosphoglycerate from ribulose 1,5-biphosphate in the presence of carbon dioxide. It utilizes oxygen instead ...