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This course will provide students with an introduction to concepts in the structure and function of the respiratory system. Topics to be covered will include basic anatomy, lung mechanics, gas exchange, tests of pulmonary function and cardiopulmonary exercise, and the effects of disease on aspects of the respiratory system. Class sessions will mix both lecture and hands-on measurement, and will include discussion of instrumentation used in pulmonary measurements and a field trip to a clinical physiology laboratory at JHH. Recommended background: Chemistry, Physics, and Calculus II, and EN.580.222 Systems and Controls or equivalent.