West's respiratory physiology the essentials

• Main Authors: West, John B. (John Burnard) (Author), Luks, Andrew (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Wolters Kluwer Health 2021
• Edition: Eleventh Edition
• Subjects: Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
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Table of Contents:

• 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 - Chapter 4 BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM - How the Pulmonary Circulation Removes Gas from the Lung and Alters Some Metabolites - Chapter 5 VENTILATION-PERFUSION RELATIONSHIP - 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 MECHANISM 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 Pressure, 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 - Index