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________________ 2 Breathing: Scientific Version To appreciate significance of total breathing, it is essential to understand the special importance of breathing on the basis of scientifically established facts. Respiration The body needs a continual supply of oxygen. One may survive for a long time without food, for less than a week without water but one would not last more than a few minutes without oxygen. In addition, for a continual supply of oxygen, the body also needs some means of disposing of the waste carbon dioxide produced by the function of the body cells. Breathing or respiration provides a continual replenishment of the oxygen in the lungs, drawing in fresh air and expelling waste gases. Organs of the System The respiratory system includes passageways and tubes through which the air passes the nose, trachea, bronchi and bronchioles arranged in a sequence that branches and rebranches and looks like an inverted tree, the tubes and tiny air sacs called alveoli in which the exchange of the gases takes place. The bronchioles and alveoli constitute the lungs. The system includes a bellow's arrangement-the rib cage operated by muscles and controlled by nerves. Jain Education International 10 For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.006558
Book TitlePreksha Dhyana Perception of Breathing
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorMahapragna Acharya
PublisherJain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year1994
Total Pages50
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English & Yoga
File Size2 MB
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