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Our breathing, pulmonary ventilation, is governed by the _______ law.

________ belong to the innate immunity that secrete perforin and granzymes to destroy target cells.

The “external (pulmonary) respiration” is based on the ________ law, which may be interpreted as “the higher the partial pressure of O2, the more O2 is dissolved into blood”. 

The flu shot is a type of vaccination that provides recipients the _________.

________ is a bean-shaped lymphatic organ, up to 1 inch long. It can be found along lymphatic vessels throughout body.

The lymph from the right arm empties into the ___________.

The left lung has ____ lobes, whereas the right lung has _____ lobes.

Which of the following defenses is NOT considered “innate (or non-specific) immunity”?

The difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressures is called ________.

(Diagram above: Oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve)         In low blood pH (7.2), how much O2 is released from the hemoglobin, when PO2 = 30 mmHg (see X-axis). Note: Y axis:  % of O2 bound by hemoglobin.