04865nam 2200697 450 991046076260332120200520144314.01-118-76106-5(CKB)3710000000431358(EBL)2068533(SSID)ssj0001498119(PQKBManifestationID)12566339(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001498119(PQKBWorkID)11502623(PQKB)11659233(MiAaPQ)EBC2068533(DLC) 2015006252(JP-MeL)3000046241(PPN)220195455(Au-PeEL)EBL2068533(CaPaEBR)ebr11066222(CaONFJC)MIL798960(OCoLC)903582823(EXLCZ)99371000000043135820150628h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe respiratory system at a glance /Jeremy P.T. Ward, Jane Ward, Richard M. LeachFourth edition.Chichester, West Sussex, [England] :John Wiley & Sons,2015.©20151 online resource (120 p.)At a GlanceIncludes index.1-118-76107-3 The Respiratory System at a Glance; Contents; Preface to fourth edition; Units and symbols; List of abbreviations; About the companion website; Part 1 Structure and function; 1 Structure of the respiratory system: lungs, airways and dead space; Lungs; Airways; Dead space; 2 The thoracic cage and respiratory muscles; Thoracic cage; The sternum; The ribs and intercostal space; The diaphragm; Muscles of respiration; 3 Pressures and volumes during normal breathing; Functional residual capacity; Intrapleural pressure; Pressures, flow and volume during a normal breathing cycle; Lung volumes4 Gas lawsFractional concentration and partial pressure of gases in a gas mixture; Water vapour pressure; The effect of pressure and temperature on gas volumes; Gases dissolved in liquids; Note on time-derivative symbols; 5 Diffusion; The alveolar-capillary membrane; Diffusion and perfusion limitation; Factors affecting diffusion across a membrane (Fick's and Graham's laws); Factors affecting DLco (TLco); 6 Lung mechanics: elastic forces; Assessing the stiffness of the lungs: lung compliance; Dynamic pressure-volume loops and dynamic compliance; The air-fluid interface lining the alveoliSurfactant7 Lung mechanics: airway resistance; Factors affecting airway resistance; Bronchial smooth muscle and epithelium; Transmural (airway-intrapleural) pressure gradient; RAW in disease; 8 Carriage of oxygen; Anaemia and carbon monoxide poisoning; Other respiratory pigments; 9 Carriage of carbon dioxide; Hypoventilation and hyperventilation; Respiratory gas exchange ratio; 10 Acid-base balance; Sources of acid; Buffers; Control of acid-base balance; 11 Acid-base disorders; Respiratory and metabolic disorders; Anion gap and base excess; 12 Control of breathing I: chemical mechanismsVentilatory response to changes in PAco2 and PAo2The central chemoreceptor; The peripheral chemoreceptors; Adaptation: chronic respiratory disease and altitude; 13 Control of breathing II: neural mechanisms; Brainstem and central pattern generator; Lung receptors and reflexes; 14 Pulmonary circulation and anatomical right-to-left shunts; Pulmonary circulation compared with the systemic circulation; Anatomical or true right-to-left shunts; Effect of right-to-left shunts on arterial blood gases; 15 Ventilation-perfusion mismatchingEffect of the upright posture on perfusion, ventilation and VA/QVentilation-perfusion matching in disease; Effect of ventilation-perfusion mismatching on arterial blood gases; Assessment of ventilation-perfusion mismatching; 16 Exercise, altitude and diving; Exercise; Altitude; Diving; 17 Development of the respiratory system and birth; Fetal circulation and birth; 18 Complications of development and congenital disease; Problems associated with premature birth; Congenital diseases; 19 Lung defence mechanisms; Physical and physiological defences; Airway fluids and mucusPhagocytes and natural killersAt a glance series (Oxford, England)Respiratory organsDiseasesRespiratory Tract DiseasesElectronic books.Respiratory organsDiseases.Respiratory Tract Diseases.616.2 Ward Jeremy P. T.879586Ward Jane1952-Leach Richard M(Haematologist),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460762603321The respiratory system at a glance1964154UNINA