The respiratory system
Subtitle: basic science and clinical conditions
By: Andrew Davies, Carl Moores
Contributors: Moores, Carl
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Systems of the body; Systems of the body
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Edinburgh; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780702033704
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Structure of the respiratory system, related to function; title: Elastic properties of the respiratory system; title: Airflow in the respiratory system; title: Ventilation of the respiratory system : the importance of its lack of uniformity in disease; title: Gas exchange between air and blood : diffusion; title: The pulmonary circulation : bringing blood and gas together; title: Carriage of gases by the blood and acid/base balance; title: Chemical control of breathing; title: Nervous control of breathing; title: Lung function tests : measuring disability.