{"id":9204,"date":"2019-05-22T16:16:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/surfactant\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:16:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:16:04","slug":"surfactant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/surfactant\/","title":{"rendered":"Surfactant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A complex lipoprotein lining the air sacs in the lungs, which stabilises the&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>alveoli (i.e., the small gas-exchange units in the lungs) against collapse and enhances expansion of lungs during inhalation. Some preterm infants lack a sufficient amount of this substance, thus affecting respiratory function. Its application can reduce the need for supplemental oxygen and ventilatory support<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>. See Alveoli, Preterm infant, Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)<\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A complex lipoprotein lining the air sacs in the lungs, which stabilises the&nbsp; alveoli (i.e., the small gas-exchange units in the lungs) against collapse and enhances expansion of lungs during inhalation. Some preterm infants lack a sufficient amount of this substance, thus affecting respiratory function. Its application can reduce the need for supplemental oxygen and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/surfactant\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Surfactant&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-9204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}