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

• Pubblicazione: London, : J. & A. Churchill; [Boston, : Little, Brown], 1962
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (446 p.)
• Disciplina: 611.24
• Soggetto topico: Lungs; Respiration
• Altri autori: De ReuckAnthony V. S O'ConnorMaeve
• 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
• Sommario/riassunto: The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.
• Altri titoli varianti: Pulmonary structure and function
• Titolo autorizzato: Ciba Foundation Symposium on Pulmonary Structure and Function
• ISBN: 9786613618818; 9781280588983; 1280588985; 9780470719282; 0470719281; 9780470716793; 0470716797
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911018914803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Novartis Foundation Symposia