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Stevens, Thaddeus (oh) and pulmonary stretch receptors (medicine)


Stevens, Thaddeus (oh)



(1792-1868) a US politician in the Republican Party who was strongly opposed to slavery and was an important supporter of the programme of Reconstruction after the American Civil War

pulmonary stretch receptors (medicine)


pulmonary stretch receptors
Stretch receptors found in the bronchi and bronchioles. Pulmonary stretch receptors are sensors for a reflex which stops inspiration. In humans, the reflex is protective and is probably not activated during normal respiration.