Visceral circulation : a Ciba Foundation symposium / / editor for the Ciba Foundation: G.E.W. Wolstenholme assisted by Margaret P. Cameron and Jessie S. Freeman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019785403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, : Little, Brown, 1953
• ISBN: 9786613679109; 9781280768330; 1280768339; 9780470718810; 0470718811; 9780470716205; 0470716207
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
• Collana: Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.870
• Altri autori (Persone): WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)
• Disciplina: 612.13
• Soggetti: Blood - Circulation; Digestive organs; Lungs; Heart
• 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: VISCERAL CIRCULATION; CONTENTS; Chairman's Opening Remarks; General survey of visceral vascular structures; Discussion; Vascular patterns in the alimentary canal; Discussion; Collateral circulation to the lungs; Discussion; Vascular architecture of the kidney; Discussion; Some features of the vascular arrangements of the kidney and the liver, and their relevance to changes in the circulation in these organs; Discussion; Laws of physics and flow in blood vessels; Discussion; Sympathin production and excretion in various conditions; Discussion; The formation and destruction of noradrenaline; Amine oxidase of blood vessels Discussion; Visceral blood vessels as pain perceptors; Discussion; Afferent paths of cardiovascular reflexes; Some reflex reactions elicited from receptors in the lungs; Discussion; ; Aortic and coronary flow; Discussion; Pulmonary vasomotor responses to changes of alveolar gas concentration; Discussion; Some problems of innervation; Discussion; Reactive hyperzemia; Discussion; Regulation of skin blood flow; Discussion; Aspects of the renal circulation and its regulation; Discussion; Functional vascular adaptations in ovary and uterus; Discussion; Some observations on the blood flow of the human stomach Discussion; Determinants in hepatic hzemodynamics; Discussion; Vasoconstriction or vasodilatation in normal and failing circulation; Discussion; Observations on blood flow in the human intestine; Discussion; Renal circulation in general circulatory disturbance; Discussion; Physiological changes during fainting; Discussion; Chairman's Closing Remarks
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