1 Increasing thoracic volume results in decreased pleural pressure, increased alveolar volume, decreased alveolar pressure, and air movement into the lungs.  Decreasing thoracic volume results in increased pleural pressure, decreased alveolar volume, increased alveolar pressure, and air movement out of the lungs.
Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Orchard. An orchard is an intentional planting of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit or nut-producing trees which are grown for commercial production. Orchards are also sometimes a feature of large gardens, where they serve an aesthetic as well as a productive purpose.
The Chanticleer Pear is a variety of flowering pear tree. It was selected as Urban Tree of the Year in 2005 from a survey in City Trees magazine, the Journal of the Society of Municipal Arborists. The Chanticleer Pear is a callery pear tree, meaning it is ornamental and bears non-edible fruit. This pear tree, in fact, bears no fruit at all. The Chanticleer Pear tree is a cultivar that was bred to replace the Bradford Pear tree.