Respiratory Physiology is widely considered the "gold standard" textbook for respiratory physiology.
This compact, concise, and easy-to-read text is now in its fully updated Eighth edition. New user-friendly features include Key Points boxes at the end of each chapter and USMLE-style questions and answers with full explanations for all answer choices.
A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text, plus animations that illustrate difficult physiologic concepts.
Contents
- Structure and function—how the architecture of the lung subserves its function
- Ventilation—how gas gets to the alveoli
- Diffusion—how gas gets across the blood-gas barrier
- Blood flow and metabolism—how the pulmonary circulation removes gas from the lung and alters some metabolites
- Ventilation-perfusion relationships—how matching of gas and blood determines gas exchange
- Gas transport by the blood—how gases are moved to the peripheral tissues
- Mechanics of breathing—how the lung is supported and moved
- Control of ventilation—how gas exchange is regulated
- Respiratory system under stress—how gas exchange is accomplished during exercise, at low and high pressures, and at birth
- Tests of pulmonary function—how respiratory physiology is applied to measure lung function
Appendix A: Symbols, Units, Equations
Appendix B: Answers
Index
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