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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911018914803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : J. & A. Churchill; [Boston, : Little, Brown], 1962
• ISBN: 9786613618818; 9781280588983; 1280588985; 9780470719282; 0470719281; 9780470716793; 0470716797
• 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
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