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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829909903321

Titolo

Ciba Foundation Symposium on Pulmonary Structure and Function [[electronic resource] /] / editors for the Ciba Foundation: A.V.S. de Reuck and Maeve O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : J. & A. Churchill

[Boston, : Little, Brown], 1962

ISBN

1-280-58898-5

9786613618818

0-470-71928-1

0-470-71679-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (446 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.954

Altri autori (Persone)

De ReuckAnthony V. S

O'ConnorMaeve

Disciplina

611.24

Soggetti

Lungs

Respiration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM ON PULMONARY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Recent advances in pulmonary anatomy; Discussion; Proprioceptive control of breathing; Discussion; The glomus pulmonale: its location and microscopic anatomy; Discussion; Bronchial gas flow; Cellular structure and mucus activity in the bronchial tree and alveoli; Discussion; Discussion; Mechanics of respiratory structures; Discussion; General Discussion:; Ventilation-perfusion relationship; Discussion; Pulmonary gas exchange measurements using radioactive gases; Discussion

Physiological and biochemical effects of pulmonary artery occlusionDiscussion; The human lung: microscopic structure and diffusion; Short communication Some remarks on the sub-microscopic anatomy and pathology of the blood-air pathway in the lung; Discussion; Gas exchange processes in the pulmonary capillaries; Discussion; Pulmonary capillary blood flow and gas exchange; Discussion; Effect of lung inflation upon the pulmonary vascular bed;



Discussion; Techniques used in the study of lung pathology: the anatomy of emphysema; Fixation of the lung with respect to lung volume and air-space size

DiscussionThe degree of variation of blood perfusion and of ventilation within the emphysematous lung, and some related considerations; Discussion; Control of respiration in relation to lung pathology; Discussion; Review of Symposium:; Final Group Discussion:; Chairman's closing remarks