RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY Ninth Edition

[Year : 2012] [Size : 9.18 MB] [Format : PDF] [Pages : 210]
Author
John B. West, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.

RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY Ninth Edition

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• Chapter 1 Structure and Function—How the Architecture of the Lung Subserves its Function 
• Chapter 2 Ventilation—How Gas Gets to the Alveoli 
• Chapter 3 Diffusion—How Gas Gets Across the Blood-Gas Barrier
• Chapter 4 Blood Flow and Metabolism—How the Pulmonary
• Circulation Removes Gas from the Lung and Alters Some Metabolites
• Chapter 5 Ventilation-Perfusion Relationships—How Matching of Gas and Blood Determines Gas Exchange
• Chapter 6 Gas Transport by the Blood—How Gases are Moved to and from the Peripheral Tissues
• Chapter 7 Mechanics of Breathing—How the Lung is Supported and Moved
• Chapter 8 Control of Ventilation—How Gas Exchange is Regulated
• Chapter 9 Respiratory System Under Stress—How Gas Exchange is Accomplished During Exercise, at Low and High Pressures, and at Birth
• Chapter 10 Tests of Pulmonary Function—How Respiratory Physiology is Applied to Measure Lung Function
• Appendix A—Symbols, Units, and Equations
• Appendix B—Answers
• Figure Credits
• Index
  
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