Robert A. Klocke
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Professor of Medicine and Physiology; Chief, Pulmonary Division, State University of New York at Buffalo. Coauthor of Normal and Abnormal Lung Function.
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Respiratory system, the system in living organisms that takes up oxygen and discharges carbon dioxide in order to satisfy energy requirements. In the living organism, energy is liberated, along with carbon dioxide, through the oxidation of molecules containing carbon. The term respiration denotes…
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