Respiratory physiology
Subtitle: the essentials
By: John B. West
Edition: 9th ed.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781609136406
Subjects: Respiration; Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Structure and function : how the architecture of the lung subserves its function; title: Ventilation : how gas gets to the alveoli; title: Diffusion : how gas gets across the blood-gas barrier; title: Blood flow and metabolism : how the pulmonary circulation removes gas from the lung and alters some metabolites; title: Ventilation-perfusion relationships : how matching of gas and blood determines gas exchange; title: Gas transport by the blood : how gases are moved to the peripheral tissues; title: Mechanics of breathing : how the lung is supported and moved; title: Control of ventilation : how gas exchange is regulated; title: Respiratory system under stress : how gas exchange is accomplished during exercise, at low and high pressures, and at birth; title: Tests of pulmonary function : how respiratory physiology is applied to measure lung function.