Schwartzstein, Richard M.

Respiratory physiology a clinical approach / [[Book] :] Richard M. Schwartzstein, Michael J. Parker. - Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2006. - xiii, 232 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. +cd+ 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.). - Integrated physiology series .

Includes index.

Getting started: the approach to respiratory physiology -- Form and function: the physiological implications of the anatomy of the respiratory system -- Statics: snapshots of the ventilatory pump -- Dynamics: setting the system in motion -- The gas exchanger: matching ventilation and perfusion -- The controller: directing the orchestra -- The controller and acid-based physiology: an introduction to a complex process -- The physiology of respiratory sensations -- Exercise physiology: a tale of two pumps.

All Ages.

0781757487

2005007585


Respiration.
Respiratory organs--Physiology.
Respiratory Physiology.

QP121 / .S285 2006

612.2

WF 102 / SR