Ciba Foundation Symposium : development of the lung / / edited by A.V.S. de Reuck and Ruth Porter

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019279503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1967
• ISBN: 9786613679468; 9781280768699; 128076869X; 9780470719473; 0470719478; 9780470717028; 0470717025
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (466 p.)
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium
• Altri autori (Persone): De ReuckAnthony V. S; PorterRuth
• Disciplina: 600
• Soggetti: Lungs; Respiration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Proceedings of the Symposium on Development of the Lung, held Nov. 1-3, 1965.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: DEVELOPMENT OF THE LUNG; Contents; Chairman's opening remarks; Gas transport from the external environment to the cell; Discussion; Variation of chemical potential with temperature*; Some implications of the dynamics of gas transfer in water-breathing dogs; Discussion; Evolution between air and water; Discussion; Quantitative aspects of vertebrate gas exchange; Discussion; The embryology of the lung; Discussion; Postnatal growth of the lung and pulmonary gas-exchange capacity; Discussion; A morphological contribution to the development of the human lung: observations in the non-retracted lung; General DiscussionThe alveolar lining layer; Discussion; Physiological consequences of the apposition of blood and gas in the lung; Discussion; The alveolar lining layer; Discussion; General Discussion; Comparative properties of the lungs and the placenta: a graphical analysis of placental gas exchange; Discussion; The oxygen supply of ; the foetus; Discussion; Carriage of oxygen in the blood of the foetus; Discussion; Oxygen consumption of the placenta and foetal membranes in the sheep; Discussion; General Discussion; Carbon monoxide and oxygen saturation; Oxygen consumption and the placenta; Surface-active lipoproteinlnitiation of respiration; Discussion; Pulmonary circulation in the foetus and the newborn; Discussion; Uptake of liquid from the lungs at the start of breathing; Group Discussion; Discussion; Surfactant and lung collapse; Observations of homoeostatic regulation; Nature of homoeostatic regulation; Evolution of homoeostatic regulation; Transport across membranes; Chairman's closing remarks; Author Index; Subject Index
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