Respiratory physiology : the essentials
Includes animations online - 8 in total - via thePoint to illustrate particularly challenging concepts. This title presents rationales for all questions, as well as explanations for each answer choice. It provides 82 essential-to-know, multiple-choice review questions which appear at the end of each...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ,
c2012
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| Edition: | 9th ed |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only Publisher description |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Structure and function : how the architecture of the lung sub serves its function
- 2. Ventilation : how gas gets to the alveoli
- 3. Diffusion : how gas gets across the blood-gas barrier
- 4. Blood flow and metabolism : how the pulmonary circulation removes gas from the lung and alters some metabolites
- 5. Ventilation-perfusion relationships : how matching of gas and blood determines gas exchange
- 6. Gas transport by the blood : how gases are moved to the peripheral tissues
- 7. Mechanics of breathing : how the lung is supported and moved
- 8. Control of ventilation : how gas exchange is regulated
- 9. Respiratory system under stress : how gas exchange is accomplished during exercise, at low and high pressures, and at birth
- 10. Tests of pulmonary function : how respiratory physiology is applied to measure lung function