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sputum comes from a deep cough while saliva is only from the mouth

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Q: What is the difference between saliva and sputum?
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What is the difference between saliva and sputam?

saliva is what is produced in your mouth and which helps you eat and swallow your food. Sputum is mucus that is coughed up from the lower airways, often as a result of a bronchial infection or pneumonia.


A mixture of saliva and phlegm?

It is called sputum.


What is difference between phlegm and sputum?

Phlegm is the thick mucus and sputum the material coughed up from the lining of the respiratory tract.


What is the difference between phlegm and sputum?

Phlegm is the thick mucus and sputum the material coughed up from the lining of the respiratory tract.


Is saliva and sputum both considered OPIM?

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What is the difference between the pH of the resting saliva and the stimulated saliva?

Stimulated Saliva is more basic.....


What is the difference between hematemesis and hemoptysis?

hematemesis : blood in vomitting or feces hemoptysis : blood in sputum


Where lungs form sputum in man?

Lungs form sputum, or matter that is coughed up, which may include saliva, mucus, or other materials, that is ejected from the mouth, and goes up the respiratory tract. It forms in your lungs, when you breath in bacteria, and other particles in the air. Your saliva gland may produce the saliva that you eject when coughing too.


What is difference between body fluid and saliva?

Saliva is what you lube my dick with. Bodily fluid is what comes out when I stab you for not swallowing.


What are the normal results of a sputum culture?

Sputum from a healthy person would have no growth on culture. A mixture of microorganisms, however, normally found in a person's mouth and saliva often contaminate the culture. they may be reported as normal flora contamination.


What is the difference between pH in saliva to the pH of stomach acid?

Stomach acid is more acidic.


What is the difference between saliva and teeth?

Saliva is spit coming out from your mouth and teeth is those little/big/medium things in your mouth to help you eat and support your gums.