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Tables of Contents for Respiratory Physiology
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Contributors
ix
 
PART I MORPHOLOGY
The Structural Basis of Lung Function
3
46
Ewald R. Weibel
PART II GAS EXCHANGE AND BLOOD FLOW
Transfer of Gas by Diffusion and Chemical Reaction in Pulmonary Capillaries
49
26
Robert E. Forster II
Blood Gas Transport and Analysis
75
33
Poul Astrup
John W. Severinghaus
Lung Liquid and Solute Exchange
108
32
Norman C. Staub
Pulmonary Blood Flow and Gas Exchange
140
33
John B. West
PART III MECHANICS
Mechanics of Lung and Chest Wall
173
35
Jere Mead
Lung Surface Tension and Surfactant: The Early Years
208
22
John A. Clements
Modern History of Respiratory Muscle Physiology
230
21
Peter T. Macklem
PART IV CONTROL OF VENTILATION
Rhythm Generation
251
38
Curt von Euler
The History of Chemoreception
289
30
Robert S. Fitzgerald
Sukhamay Lahiri
Airway and Pulmonary Afferents and Reflexes: A Historical Survey
319
36
John Widdicombe
Giuseppe Sant' Ambrogio
PART V COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
A Brief History of Comparative Respiratory Some Ideas and Their Proponents
355
54
S. Marsh Tenney
Index
409